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Meeting News from New York
For details of forthcoming meetings email newyork@globetrotters.co.uk or register for email updates, click here at our website. New York meetings are held at The Wings Theatre, 154 Christopher Street(btw Greenwich St and Washington St), to the right of Crunch Fitness, in the Archive on the first Saturday of each month at 4 pm.
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Mac’s Jottings: Malaysia
U. S. Soldiers Home, Washington: during a century of travel (well 78 years!) both in and out of service I have travelled to over 150 countries (I count both North and South Dakota as countries) and for some reason have jotted signs and happenings that I thought funny at the time (and now wonder why).…
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Airline News: February 2004
Delta will start two flights from JFK to Denver and San Juan, Puerto Rico, in April, to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in June, and to San Diego in July. In addition, Delta will start new commuter service to Charleston, Savannah and Greensboro and increase frequencies to some other Midwest cities. The regional flights will be…
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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 January, March, May, September and November. Usually at the Woodsworth Co-op, Penthouse, 133, Wilton Street in downtown Toronto at 8.00 p.m.
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Travel Quiz: The Azores
The winner of last month’s Frommer’s Guidebook on England guide is: Diana Lovelace – congratulations! This month, win a Rother Walking Guide to the Azores. See www.rother.de for info on Rother. Some people have said the quiz is difficult, we say do some research: try google.com or Ask Jeeves, if you need help with the…
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Travel to the USA
Globetrotter Tracey asked the Beetle to pass on the following information about the change in visa/passport for travel to the USA. She says: “I’m sure most Globies will know this but a lot of folks have been asking me about it and are quite confused by what they’ve heard in the press. So thought this…
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Meeting News from Texas
The next Texas Globetrotters meeting will take place on Saturday March 13th when we look forward to a talk from Southwest Airlines. The location for the March and April 2004 meetings will be changed, (tax season), so watch your e-mail for the updates. For more information about the Texas Branch: please contact texas@globetrotters.co.uk or register…
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Being Careful: Haiti
The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) advises against all travel to Haiti, and all British nationals in Haiti are advised to leave the country if they can do so safely. A highly volatile security situation prevails throughout the country, and rebels have taken up positions outside the capital, Port-au-Prince. The threat from terrorism is…
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So You Think You’re Well Travelled?
Here’s a little Beetle quiz based on capital cities. See how many you get right! Go on, have a guess! What is the capital city of the following countries: Andorra Gabon Malta Philippines Thailand For the answers, see at the end of the e-newsletter.
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The World’s Most Visited Countries Rank Country Annual Number of Arrivals
1 France 75,500,000 2 United States 50,900,000 3 Spain 48,200,000 4 Italy 41,200,000 5 China 31,200,000 6 United Kingdom 25,200,000 7 Russia 21,200,000 8 Mexico 20,600,000 9 Canada 20,400,000 10 Germany 19,000,000
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