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  • Mac's Travel Reminiscences

    Mac has not been very well, but is still e-mailing strong. Here’s an account of a trip he made to South Africa some time ago. In South Africa I had…

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  • Know Your Riyals from Your Kwatcha

    Need to convert currency? Take a look at The Globetrotters Currency Converter – get the exchange rates for 164 currencies The Globetrotters Currency Cheat Sheet – create and print a…

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  • Our Friends Ryanair

    Ryanair will soon make passengers who wish to travel with bags that weigh over 10kg (the weight limit for bags permitted as hand luggage) pay £5 per piece of checked…

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  • Mutual Aid

    Need help? Want a travelling buddy or advice about a place or country – want to share something with us – why not visit our Mutual Aid section of the…

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  • Famine in the Horn of Africa

    Thinking of visiting the Horn of Africa? You along with millions of others may go hungry. The United Nations food agency (FAO) has warned that millions of people could face…

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  • Being Careful: Eritrea

    The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office advise against all but essential travel to Eritrea. We advise against all travel to the border areas with Ethiopia and Sudan. In recent weeks,…

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  • Have you got a tale to tell?

    If you have a travellers tale that your aching to tell. Then why not visit the “Travel Sized Bites” section of the Website and share it with the world. Travel…

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  • Globetrotters Travel Award

    A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested in a £1,000 travel award? Know someone who is? We have £1,000 to award each year for five years for the best submitted independent…

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  • A Traveller's Tip

    A tip from Mac’s friend, world traveller Stanley Sagara who travels around the world giving used glasses to the poor of the world (his next trip is to Ethiopia) gave…

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  • Oz Shark Attack

    A Brisbane woman has been killed in a shark attack at Amity Point, North Stradbroke Island near Brisbane. She was swimming about 15m (49ft) offshore when she was attacked in…

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  • EU Health Claims

    To ensure UK travellers are fully prepared for your travels moving into 2006 please be aware that from 1st January 2006, UK residents travelling in Europe will require a European…

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  • Airline Passenger Dropped Off

    In December 2005, a drunken male passenger on a flight from northern England to the Spanish tourist island of Tenerife was dropped off at a small island off the African…

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  • Travel Writing Workshop

    Saturday 4th March 2006, 10. 30am – 4. 00pm at the newsroom The Guardian 60 Farringdon Rd London EC1R 3GA Cost: £89. 99 (inc VAT) A day of two intensive…

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  • MEETING NEWS

    meeting news from around the world

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  • Don't Stowaway!

    If you are found to be a stowaway on a ship, the ship owners are obliged by law to bear the costs to send you home. Unfortunately for seven Tanzanian…

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  • We Want Dogs

    A Chinese HR company has announced it would like its new staff to include plenty of “dogs”. To reflect this, in its recruitment ad, they invited only people born in…

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  • Meeting News from London by Padmassana

    The new year kicked off with the usual 4 mini talks from club members. Dan Bachmann who took us to rural Romania and showed us horses still being used to…

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  • Malaysian Big Foot

    The government of the Malaysian state of Johor says it is to organise an attempt to track down a legendary ape man said to roam its jungles. There have been…

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  • Doing Your Own Thing

    A recent report in “Holiday Which?”, published by the British Consumers’ Association, found that the number of people who take “independent holidays” has now overtaken those booking the traditional package,…

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  • Meeting News from Ontario

    For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich. yorku. ca or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel. 416-694-8259. Meetings are held on the third Friday of…

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