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World travel news August 2011
Spotted by Matt Doughty on TravelMole:- “New York named as ‘endangered destination’. You might be wondering what New York, Riga in Latvia, the island of Madagascar and Beijing’s historic hutongs have in common, but they are all on an endangered destinations lists.” Read more at http://www.travelmole.com Received by The Ant from Avalon Travel Publishing:- “Avalon Travel has…
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Write in (4)…Portobelloland by Tony Annis
Long term, active traveller & member Tony has come up with a novel idea – a web site giving an insiders’ point of view on his native Portobello home & surroundings in London ! Those who know Tony, realise that it won’t be the bland, safe view of London that is presented officially…it’s aiming to…
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July meeting news from the Chester, UK branch by Hanna, Angela & Eve
The first of our two talks was given by Jill Nash, of Luxury Backpackers, entitled THE AMALFI COAST, FROM PIAZZAS TO PIZZAS. Jill is now also a travel writer and married to an Italian and spends part of her year in the UK and the remainder in Italy, the Amalfi coast being her second home. …
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Meeting news from the Ontario, Canada branch
Ontario meetings are held at 8.00pm on the third Friday of January, March, May (4th Friday), September and November, at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade, in downtown Toronto. Everyone welcome especially visiting travellers 🙂 For more information contact Svatka Hermanek at hermanek@yahoo.ca, Bruce Weber at bruceaweber@hotmail.com / on tel. 416 203-0911 or Paul Webb on tel. 416 694-8259.
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Write in (1)…Walking in Croatia by Vic & Angela Blundell
LOZISCA AND BOBIVISCA. Our walk starts in Lozišća, which has the most beautiful belfry on the island. We walk to the picturesque fishing harbour Bobovišća luka where you can take a break for sightseeing and swimming (weather permitting) Every Tuesday. Own transport or share a taxi meet on bridge in Lozisca 9am. Please call ahead to…
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Write in (3)…A surprise guest @ the door by Simon Banks
“Doing the door” after the meeting has started is annoying in most respects: we never start at 14:30…more like 14:45, when those who have made it on time are now less patient and all the last minute checks have been made with the oncoming speakers. Those who are late, are therefore very late and miss…
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Write in (2)…the travel world of Mac
This time round Mac discusses movies that could inspire you or him to go travelling:- 1. Outsourced (India) – see what happens when a US company outsources an entire department to India. 2. The Motorcycle Diaries (in Spanish I think with subtitles)…a dreamy, reflective view of Che Guevara’s formative travels across South America 3. Into the Wild – Its what most…
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Greetings from Bike the Earth:-
Dear Globetrotters Wonderful to get your news as we are in mid Australia on BIKE THE EARTH – www.biketheearth.net (Please check out at least the first page of our website). We have done 3500 km, connecting communities, inspiring initiatives, on ABC Television, on the radio, and in the media, with some great testimonials for the…
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Welcome to eNewsletter August 2011…
Hello all, From a sunny, summery London J Amidst Royal weddings, Olympic preparations & numerous big issues in the worlds of politics & finance, Globetrotters and friends are still managing to enjoy travel… We in this edition of the eNewsletter talk about Croatia, Mac’s World, Mike Shawcross OBE, Portobelloland and what’s been happening in the…
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July meeting news from the London, UK branch by The Ant
The meeting was on Saturday 2 July and was themed “Around the world in eighty minutes.”. It involved 11 presentations of 12 slides, by audience members, taking us on a fast paced journey around the globe:- Dan Bachmann : Troms (Norway) Agata Zborowska : Peru & Brasil David Shamash : Israel Doug Allen : Stone…
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