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· Spotted by Matt Doughty on the BBC’s web site – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11578463.  It would certainly be a unique experience if the plan comes to fruition !

· And another more serious travel news item from the BBC, about the impact of different cultures on our wider world – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11901904

· David Stanley at Avalon Travel Publishing has just issued the latest edition of  Moon Tahiti…a well received series of travel books.  See more details athttp://www.southpacific.org/tahiti.html

·Greetings from Bike the Earth:-

Dear Globetrotters

Wonderful to get your news as we are in mid Australia on BIKE THE EARTH –http://www.biketheearth.net (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

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Help wanted

From Guillermo Masutti in search of long lost friends:-

HI:

Fourtysomething years ago, I met in Buenos Aires an English young man named John Wonnacott. He travelled with his friend Ferguson (Scottish I think) they were Globetrotters members and I was a member myself due to his advise.

They stayed in Argentina for about two years and we were very good friends.

They taught English at St. Brendan’s School in Buenos Aires, where I was the Discipline and Sports Master at that time.

Time passes, life passes and we lost contact.

Now that new ‘cibernetic times’ are born, I’d love to get in touch with them again.

Can you please help me?

Thanks tons, Guillermo

masuttiguillermo@arnet.com.ar or masuttiguillermo@gmail.com

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 May 2011.

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 !!

Write in (2)…Three things about Mac

Via an email from R. Dale Anderberg, Mac came up with these answers to some interesting questions about the life he’s enjoyed so far. Just a bit of harmless fun but it does help to explain our American friend The Ant

A. Three names I go by:

  1. Billy (when young)
  2. Macsan (Japan)
  3. Your Excellency

B. Three places I’ve lived:

  1. Japan (five and one half years (military)
  2. McCool Junction, Nebraska
  3. Have been in over 150 countries both in]

and out of service.

C. Three places I’ve worked

  1. In Nebraska and California Railway mail service
  2. New York City (mafia)
  3. Everywhere taking travel notes.

D. Three things I love to watch:

Not answered what happened Mac ?

E. Three places I have been:

Not answered what happened Mac ?

F. Three people that email me regularly:

  1. Toogood
  2. Janis, Marilyn, Carol, Betty, Ann, Linda, Kay, and all the other nieces.
  3. World War 11 llths Armd Div buddys

G. WHAT I LIKE TO eat

  1. Dunkin Doughnuts and their coffee (prefer it to Starbrucks)
  2. Italian Wedding Soup
  3. Peach pie with icecream

H. Three things I am looking forward to:

  1. Richard Haddocks new book
  2. Any new travel thing Pico Iyler writes.
  3. To be able to travel again.

I. Three people I think will respond:

  1. None
  2. Maybe all of the above.
  3. The Beetle, The Ant, and Padmassana (Globetrotter people)

Gulf coast tourism officials say the real problem with the spill has been perception.

TravelMole US Editor David Wilkening explains how misconceptions are causing further damage to tourism in the Gulf Coast.

“Damage forecasts soon after the BP Gulf oil spill were bad. But then they got worse. Dead birds. Soiled beaches.

The reality, however, is that the spill led to the deaths of less than one percent of the number of birds killed in the Valdez spill.

The spill was enough oil to fill about one- sixth of the Louisiana Superdome.

That’s not exactly a drop in the proverbial bucket, but it’s a strikingly different image from one emblazoned in people’s mind by the early reaction,

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Write in 4…Epic South Africa by Beryl

Hello The Ant,

We hope that you might find information about our Epic Enabled holidays and Accessible Epic Guest House in Cape Town useful for your members, if ever they want to travel further afield to Africa.

South Africa, the most cosmopolitan of the African nations, has long been renowned for its bio-diversity, wildlife and the breathtakingly beautiful landscape.

However, these amazing gifts of nature have always been little more than a dream for people stricken by disability. Until now! Epic Enabled offers accessible African Safari’s in South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park , and private game reserve close by, as well as day tours in Johannesburg , Cape Town the