The Globetrotters Club

Category: archive

  • MEETING NEWS

    Meeting news from our branches around the world.

    Read more

    ,

  • Not to be Seen Dead In? The Ivory Coast

    Cote d'Ivoire (a.k.a.Ivory Coast) is a developing country on the west coast of Africa. The Foreign & Commonwealth office advise against all holiday and other non-essential travel to Abidjan and

    Read more

    ,

  • Tourism Facts

    ­ Less than one in 10 people are estimated to have been on an international flight ­ China is expected to unseat France as world’s most visited country by 2020

    Read more

    ,

  • London:

    7th September 2002 London meeting Review by Padmassana We had two excellent speakers who both captured the essence of the countries they talked about with some fantastic photographs. Our first

    Read more

    ,

  • Free London Museums: The Bank of England Museum

    The Museum is housed within the Bank of England, at the heart of the City of London. It traces the history of the Bank from its foundation by Royal Charter

    Read more

    ,

  • Mexican Airports

    Mexican airports are returning to normal operations after Hurricane Isidore battered the country on the weekend. The airport authorities estimated that 89 flights at Cancun, were cancelled because of the

    Read more

    ,

  • New York:

    A change of date….on October 19th, we have yet, another interesting guest speaker!! Liz Ferber will be doing a picture show and presentation about some of her favorite exotic locations,

    Read more

    ,

  • Bond, James Bond

    For true 007 fans this exhibition at the Science Museum in London will display a vast collection of objects, costume designs, storyboards and images. See Oddjob's killer bowler hat and

    Read more

    ,

  • Dead Sea Rescue Plan

    The Dead Sea is falling by about one metre (3ft) a year due to declining rainfall, and an increase in the amount of irrigation water being taken from the River

    Read more

    ,

  • Ontario:

    On September 20, Bruce Weber & Hoang Nguyen will talk about: “Impressions of Vietnam” (with slides). Bruce, the first-time visitor and Hong returned after 15 years. We will also have

    Read more

    ,

  • Try Real Ale!

    It’s Real Beer Week in British pubs this autumn. 33 family run breweries that have each been in the business from 100 to 300 years want to encourage more people

    Read more

    ,

  • UK Air Passenger Complaints

    The AUC (Air Transport Users Council– the UK airline watchdog) recently issued a list of the 20 most complained about airlines. They said there was “little evidence” that airlines were

    Read more

    ,

  • New York:

    HOLLAND BY BIKE! Rob Lewis, one of our own, will be giving a slide show and lecture about Holland and perhaps select areas of England and Ireland. Come join us

    Read more

    ,

  • Travel Quiz

    A big thank you to Moon Handbooks who have donated this months' huge and highly informative Moon handbook on the South Pacific, written by David Stanley as above. See www.moon.com

    Read more

    ,

  • Easter Island

    If you are thinking of going to Santiago or Tahiti, did you know, you could take a flight to Easter Island? It's included in the famous Oneworld Explorer air pass.

    Read more

    ,

  • 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,

    Read more

    ,

  • Not to be Seen Dead In?

    Whilst over eighty thousand British nationals visited Kenya last year, the vast majority enjoyed a trouble-free stay. Nevertheless, all visitors should be aware of potential risks and should exercise sensible

    Read more

    ,

  • Outbreak of Flu in Madagascar

    You may want to reschedule your visit to Madagascar: according to news sources, an outbreak of flu has killed at least 374 people with another 5,000 and more infected. Health

    Read more

    ,

  • Texas:

    Saturday August 10th, we had the fabulously informative Eric Dondero as speaker. His topic was: “How to Learn Any Language Fast”. Eric is a Multilingual Interpreter and Certified Language Instructor

    Read more

    ,

  • Free London Museums: The Tate Britain

    Overlooking the River Thames, Tate Britain was originally founded through the philanthropy of the sugar magnate Sir Henry Tate. The Tate legacy now encompasses three other galleries around the UK,

    Read more

    ,