Meeting news from our branches around the world.

London: Kate Clow an experienced tour leader who specialises in developing and conducting long distance walks talked to us about the Lycian Way in Turkey. The walk is almost 500 km long and takes 4 to 6 weeks although you can join at many points. Richard Knight who has just written a guide to trekking in the Atlas Mountains regaled us with stories of his initial forays to Marrakech and some more unsavoury facts about camels.

Next April is John Pilkington ‘The royal road of the Incas’ and Jason Lewis -X360- ‘circumnavigating the world without using mechanical power’. Should be a good one!!

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.

New York:Bob Sacha talked about his work as a photographer for National Geographic magazine — don’t you just hate people with jobs like that! And Alejandra Gurtman, Medical Director, and Gail Rosselot talked about the various diseases worth avoiding and how to avoid them whilst travelling.

April’s meeting has been cancelled due to Passover and Easter. Details for the May 5^th meeting coming soon!

New York meetings are held at The Wings Theater, 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 3.30pm.

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.

Arrive in Lima, spend at least 2 nights there and visit the cathedral, the museum of the Inquisition, buy bus ticket to Pisco. Visit Paracas national Park, take the bus to Nazca and organise a trip in a light aircraft to see the Nazca lines the next day. Take the bus to Arequipa and stay a couple of says – visit the convent of Santa Catalina, make an overnight/2 day trip to the Colca Canyon. Fly to Cuzco – about $60 o/w, do the Inca trail or take the train to Machu Picchu. Cuzco’s a great place to hang around in, then fly back to Lima, Take an Amazon side trip or continue overland by train to Puno on Lake Titicaca and then bus to Copacabana in Bolivia.

Please contact Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk for your suggested country itinerary