Category: Sidebar
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Travel Tips
Mike from the UK says: if you’re desperate for a toilet and can’t find a handy McDonalds, the more luxurious hotels always have toilets in their lobbies – walk straight…
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Funny Signs Again!
Shirley from Kent in the UK saw the following in Bali: If you have any loose baboons in your pocket, you might want to visit the “monkey exchange” for something…
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Scams – the "homeless mother scam"
Tom from North Carolina wrote in to tell us his experience in Rome. He saw a woman ostensibly carrying a baby in her arms (all he saw was a rolled…
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Mutual Aid New Year's Eve Buenos Aires!
Sue (Deputy Chair, London) would like some advice/tips/pointers on where to go and what to do in Buenos Aires at the New Year. Please contact the Beetle with any advice:…
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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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Travel Quiz – Trekking in Ladakh
The winner of last month’s East & Southern Africa Quiz was Thomas Simoneit who lives in Muenchen Germany. Well done – your book is in the post (subject to delays…
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Tibet from Tom
Tom from North Carolina wrote in to tell us about his time in Tibet: we (a small group of 8) had the usual difficulty with our visa delaying our entry…
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Budapest in August
From Paul (Webmaster) Roberts: he says that Budapest is a great place to be on August 20; it is their national holiday. Paul says that you can see the hand…
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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 Sized…
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Travel Quiz Last Month – Tahiti
The answers to last month’s Tahiti quiz where 1. the sea or ocean, 2. drinking, 3. baby oysters, 4. FAAA, 5. CFP The winner was: Janine Gregor, the backpack will…
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Not to be Seen Dead In?
The Wexas Summer 2001 Traveller Magazine says “just don’t bother” to the following countries as they are too dangerous: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Congo (DRC), Israel, Liberia, Macedonia, Sierra Leone…
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Lemonade… Zanzibar
The Neem Tree Café inside the Old Fort in Stone Town is an oasis of calm where you can sit, hassle-free, drink the excellent lemonade and watch life go by…
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Be a contestant for a new TV quiz show
Does your knowledge span the globe? If you fancy yourself as a modern-day Marco Polo, and have the geographical, cultural and scientific knowledge it will take to get around the…
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Globetrotter Travel Award
Under 24? 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…
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Fave Websites of the Month
Jon from Red Wing, Minnesota, suggests visiting this site, http://www.confluence.org The idea is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take…
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Travel Tips
Kevin (Membership) Brackley from London says that he always carry a compass in Japan: the train stations are so vast, at least you know you are heading in the right…
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Fancy visiting the Peak District: Friday & Saturday night 14th & 15th September
Barbara Brooks, Committee member of the Globetrotters Club has arranged a stay at a gorgeous hostel: Alstonefield Youth Hostel, Gypsey Lane, Alstonefield, Derbyshire DE6.2FZ. There are five 4 bedrooms complete…
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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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Help Raise Money – Appeal!
Tom Freemantle, a regular at the London Globetrotter meetings has planned a walking trip – 2,500miles with a mule from the Mexican border to New York following the journey of…