Recently Dan James, the long standing Globe newsletter editor stood down from his role at the club and headed off to pursue a new life in Hong Kong. All at the club thank him for his time, energy & efforts on our behalf and hope to hear of him enjoying his new adventure …

Going forward Chloe Marshall will be taking over the Globe and working with the Committee to take the members only publication forward.

Chloe is a London based journalist and has a wide ranging interest in travel. She would like to receive your articles, questions and general travel discussions at editor@globetrotters.co.uk

Welcome Chloe and I hope you enjoy your time with Globetrotters – The Ant

News in the world of travel

• From Debra Taylor at www.toucanmoon.com :-

  Hi – I am working on the promotion of a photography symposium taking place at London’s Royal Geographical Society on 22 & 23 October 2010. Hosted by BBC Springwatch presenter Chris Packham, WildPhotos 2010 promises to be as inspirational as ever with an impressive line up of international wildlife and environmental photographers led by keynote speaker David Doubilet (USA) including Mark Carwardine (UK), Danny Ellinger (Netherlands), Charlie Hamilton James (UK) and Stefano Unterthiner (Italy).

  I’d be very happy to send you further information and images.

  I look forward to hearing from you.

  Many thanks and best wishes

  Debra

  debra@toucanmoon.com

• From the BBC – UK climbers make Afghan first ascents. Two Scottish climbers recount a trip to Afghanistan where they made two first ascents of mountains in the Wakhan District – http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11082815
• From the BBC – New UK passport design unveiled. The Home Office unveils the design of the new UK passport, with enhanced security features to tackle identity theft and fraud – http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/uk-11071998
• From TravelMole web site, news about a series of travel awards that tries to promote sustainable tourism … see more details at http://www.travelmole.com

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 14,000 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.

Background – A member of Globetrotters Club and interested in winning a £1,000 travel award ? Know someone who fits these criteria ? We have up to two £1,000 awards to give out this year for the best independent travel plan, as judged by the club’s Committee.

Next award – Are you inspired with all this talk of travel ? Are you ready for you own adventure ? The deadline to receive applications for the next award is 30 October 2010.

See the recently revamped legacy page on the club’s web site, 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 !!

Web sites to muse about travel to:

• For the latest updates in the travellers’ world of guides, blogs, articles & chat and a refresh of their web site see & enjoy http://www.travellerspoint.com/
• Wanderlust have revamped their web site & their community forum that was gowander … have a look at http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/

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