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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 backpackers dream of doing and directed by Sean Penn

4. Under the Tuscan Sun – Hollywood’s take on Frances Mayes 1996 novel

5. Slumdog Millionaire What it is like to live in India, from the ground up, in the modern world…

6. Lost In Translation…with Bill Murray clashing cultures in Japan

7. Eurotrip – Makes you want to buy a one way ticket to see Europe from a graduate’s perspective…

8. Shanghai Kiss – After watching it you will want

to see China, again from a cross cultural graduate point of view.

9. City of God – Stories of life from very different perspectives in Rio De Janeiro  Brazil

10. The Beach – set in Thailand, staring Leonardo Di Caprio

Whilst some are certainly down to personal choice, I suspect Mac has thrown enough thoughts into the proverbial hat, so that we can come up with our own ideas.  What do you think – are Mac’s choices rotten tomatoes or Oscar winners ?  Which films would you chose instead ?

The Ant

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Email The Ant at  theant@globetrotters.co.uk with your travel experiences / hints & tips / questions. Your article should be approximately 1000 words, feature up to 3 or 4 jpeg photos and introduce yourself with a couple of sentences and a contact e-mail address.

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 Cutting in India
  • Jacqui Trotter : French summer
  • Mike Shawcross : High road to Patsula
  • Kevin Brackley : KGB Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
  • Brian Lawrence : Morocco
  • Roger Turner : Lebanon
  • Philip Ferguson : New Zealand
  • Dick Curtis : Hot foot from Crete

The London branch’s future meetings are detailed at London Meeting Programme.  

London meetings are held at The Church of Scotland, Crown Court, behind the Fortune Theatre in Covent Garden at 2.30pm the first Saturday of each month, unless there is a UK public holiday that weekend.

There is no London meeting in August, but we start afresh each September.

For more information, contact the Globetrotters Info line on +44 (0) 20 7193 2586, or visit the web site: https://globetrotters.co.uk/local-meetings.html. 

World travel news

  • From Matt Doughty via the BBC…** Peru welcomes back Inca artefacts **Peru gives a grandiose welcome to hundreds of Inca artefacts returned by Yale University, nearly a century after they were taken from the lost city of Machu Picchu.Read more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/world-latin-america-12916162
  • From Paul Roberts about Lois Pryce, a well regarded traveller & speaker who has entertained the London branch previously…”…[here are the details of] our Adventure Travel Film Festival that we’re holding in June down in Devon…

    Hopefully see you sometime soon,

    Lois www.loisontheloose.com – motorcycle miss-adventures www.reverbnation.com/thejolenes – red-hot rockin’ bluegrass! www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com – movies to make you hit the road!”

  • From Matt Doughty…** Sony photographer prize announced **Argentinean photographer Alejandro Chaskielberg is the Sony world photographer of the year, it is announced.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/entertainment-arts-13213796
  • Greetings from Bike the Earth:-Dear GlobetrottersWonderful to get your news as we are in mid Australia on BIKE THE EARTH . (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 work we are doing!

    Warm wishes for the Christmas season!

    Regards Chris Le Breton lebreton1@gmail.com

Write for the eNewsletter

If you enjoy writing & travelling, why not write for the free Globetrotters eNewsletter !  The Ant would love to hear from you: your travel stories, anecdotes, jokes, questions, hints and tips, or your hometown or somewhere of special interest to you. Over 15,000 people currently subscribe to the Globetrotter eNewsletter.

Email The Ant at  theant@globetrotters.co.uk with your travel experiences / hints & tips / questions. Your article should be approximately 1000 words, feature up to 3 or 4 jpeg photos and introduce yourself with a couple of sentences and a contact e-mail address.

 

GT Travel Award

Are you inspired by all this talk of travel ?

Are you ready for you own independent adventure ?

Or do you know someone who could benefit from a helping hand into the wider world ?

What is the award ?

Each year the club offers up to two £1,000 awards to give out for the best independent travel plan, as judged by the club’s Committee.

The deadline to receive applications for the next award is 31 October 2011, as the May award is about to close.

See the legacy page on the club’s web site for more details, where you can review previous winners’ trips and/or apply with your plans for a totally independent, travel trip.

If your idea catches our eye we’ll take a closer look at what you’re proposing and give you feedback & maybe a helping hand on your journey of a lifetime !!

 

Welcome to eNewsletter May 2011…

Hello all,

Time for a catch up from busy London 🙂  We’ve had Easter, a Royal wedding and a very pleasant spring all arrive since I last wrote…and now as I walk about, I can realise I can hear so many voices & accents from further afield.  I’m so lucky to live and work in such a varied, stimulating & vibrant city.

Part of that enjoyment is participating in the Globetrotters Club and putting this eNewsletter together…I like hearing about peoples’ adventures & enjoyment.

Anyway, enough of waxing lyrical – read on & enjoy…

What else is happening across the wider travel world?

That’s all for now, enjoy the read and keep sending me more of your stories, adventures and articles 🙂

The Ant

theant@globetrotters.co.uk

 

April meeting news from the London, UK branch by The Ant

James Littlewood & Tracey Dornan – Boy girl bike road.   “She dreamt of seeing the world, but couldn’t justify the carbon. He had always dreamed of the challenge of cycling to Hong Kong. With no previous experience of cycle touring, lycra or life together this is the adventure of one couple and their view from the saddle on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe by bicycle and boat.  A cycle ride of 18,000 miles through 23 countries.”

Lord Ian Strathcarron – Byron and the Grand Tour.

Joy Unconfined

“Two hundred years ago, between 1809-11, Lord Byron completed his Grand Tour of the Mediterranean. He was 21 when he left London. After catching a packet from Falmouth to Lisbon, his entourage rode down to Sevilla and Cadiz. He then sailed from Gibraltar to Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Greece, Albania, back to Greece then Turkey, Malta again and then with a heavy heart home to England. His voyage was exotic and poetic, erotic and eccentric.

 

On June 14th 2008 Solent sailors Ian and Gillian Strathcarron boarded their Freedom 40 Vasco da Gama at Bucklers Hard and sailed off to recreate Lord Byron’s Grand Tour. Their own voyage was propitious and perilous, mysterious and mischievous – but seldom abstemious.”

Read more about Ian in the steps of Byron at http://web.me.com/strathcarron/ByronGrandTour/Welcome.html

The London branch’s future meetings are detailed at London Meeting Programme.

London meetings are held at The Church of Scotland, Crown Court, behind the Fortune Theatre in Covent Garden at 2.30pm the first Saturday of each month, unless there is a UK public holiday that weekend.

There is no London meeting in August, but we start afresh each September.

For more information, contact the Globetrotters Info line on +44 (0) 20 7193 2586, or visit the web site: https://globetrotters.co.uk/local-meetings.html.

 

March meeting news from the Chester, UK branch by Hanna & Angela

Hi The Ant

We had a great meeting in Chester last Saturday the 19th of March, we are getting a regular stream of people now between 35 to 40 on average and we certainly hope that this is going to continue so by the end of the year we will have a little money saved up to go into 2012.

We had two wonderful speakers again, the first talk was about a cycle journey from Scotland to Italy for charity – Saol who is originally from Mexico and now lives in Chester had lots of interesting and funny stories about his experience on this trip.  Saol had wonderful photos to show and everyone really enjoyed his adventure.  The money that was raised during the ride went to help with schools in Nepal and Mexico.

The second speaker, last year’s Globetrotters’ travel award winner, Doreen Taylor did her talk about the journey she made to India – it was a journey back in time, following in the footsteps of Rudyard Kipling. The journey included the Golden Temple and some interesting train journeys, especially into the mountains.  Doreen kept us captivated with her personal experiences and quiet a few tips on where to go and things to see, it was a very enjoyable afternoon and while chatting to other Globies after her talk it seems that she has wetted a few appetites.

We had a good turnout again with lots of people meeting in the tea break, talking and exchanging experiences and tips.

Our next date for your diary is 28th May the talks will cover “My time in Hong Kong” by Madeleine Anderson who has lived there for some time, plus African Brew HA-HA a Motorcycle Quest from Lancashire to Cape Town by Alan Whelan

We look forward to welcoming fellow travelers and others on that day!

Thanks again for your help

Kind Regards

Hanna

Chester meetings are held at The Grosvenor Museum, 25 – 27 Grosvener Street, Chester, CH1 2DD.

Tickets £3 including refreshments.

For more information contact Angela, Hanna or Eve for further information of this & future events at Chester via email atchesterbranch@globetrotters.co.uk

 

Meeting news from the Toronto, Canada branch

Tentative future presentations include:-

  • Friday 27 May : “Egypt and Jordan” by Jay Wopperer & Linda
  • Saturday? July : summer picnic, details to be confirmed
  • Friday 16 September : “Argentina” by Eduardo Barnett
  • Friday 18 November : “Guatemala with Horizons of Friendship” by Bruce Weber

Toronto 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.