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London:
Saturday 8th June 2002 – London Meeting by Padmassana This Saturday we were treated to two splendid talks, about two different areas of the world. The first by Peter Eltringham
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New York:
Jason Florio gave us some fabulous insights into life in Afghanistan and entertained us with some amazing stories of his time there. We will NOT have a July meeting due
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Ontario:
The annual Toronto & Ontario GT picnic on Georgian Bay (in Meaford) is upon us, and will be held on Saturday, July 13th, 2002. As usual, our host will be
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Texas:
The next Texas meeting will be completely open: please come and talk about your favourite place, travels, anecdote or listen to others! A reminder that Texas meetings will start one
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London Markets: Portobello Road
On Saturdays there are three markets in one: the antique section is in the south between Chepstow Villas and Coleville Road (the Notting Hill Gate end); a fruit and vegetable
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Jacqui's Diary: Guatemala and Mexico
Hola! mis amigos, I have been in San Pedro la Laguna, on the shores of Lake Atitlan, for the past three weeks, learning more Spanish and living with a lovely
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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Phoenix with one wing by Sead Turulja
Anyone, anywhere in the world, who watched the news during the first half of the 1990s must know about Sarajevo. Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a small
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Notes on Ecuador by Ken Williams
About Ecuador – the country is the poorest in South America where the average salary is $90 per month. As with all countries, there are many people well off. It
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How to Learn Another Language Quickly! by Eric Dondero R.
Learning another language is not an easy task. However, there are shortcuts and even a few tricks that can be employed to make the job a little easier. Over the
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Volunteer Work in Africa
The International HUMANA People to People movement is currently running over 150 humanitarian projects in Africa, Asia & Central America, working in fields such as: basic health care, pre-school and
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Aung San Suu Kyi freed
Burma's military government has released the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest in Rangoon for the past 20 months. A government spokesman told the
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Follow Up on Korea, by Young of California
Young, a Korean American, living in California saw Globetrotter Kevin’s Korean itinerary in March’s Globetrotter e-newsletter whilst visiting Korea for a week with his wife and daughter after a trip
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Costa Rica Volunteer Programme
Rachel works for a non-profit conservation organization in the US, The National Save the Sea Turtle Foundation. She is are offering Volunteer positions at our field station in Costa Rica
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London Meeting review by Padmassana:
Our first speaker was Mark Honigsbaum, whose talk was entitled The Fever Trail, after his book of the same name, which documents the discovery of the Cinchone tree (Cascarilla), which
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Sacred Texts to be Stored in Computers by Rinzin Wangchuk, Kuensel Online
The central monk body has begun teaching computer operations to monks in its bid to electronically archive Bhutan’s rich collection of Buddhist manuscripts, biographies and historical documents. Twenty monks of
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New York:
Hello Globies! June 1st is our next meeting. A timely and interesting topic; Afghanistan. We will NOT have a July meeting due to all of our summer travel plans and
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Weekend away: Marseilles
Where is it? South of France, on the Med Why would I know it? The French Connection? The Count of Monte Cristo? Beautiful people in the south of France? How
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Ontario:
The last Ontario/Toronto GT meeting was held on Friday, May 24th; members Ray & Inge Bates spoke on “Six Months in Asia Following 911” and Dan Ramrose spoke about “Five