London Meetings.
The London Meetings
programme from September 2009 to July 2010 .
Saturday September 12th 2009
**MEETING TO BE HELD AT DRAGON HALL, 17, STUKELEY STREET, WC2B 5LT**
Emily Ainsworth
2008 RGS/BBC Journey of Lifetime winner: The Romance of Reality: An Exploration of Mexico from the Inside Out, Traveling with a Family Circus
In 2008, Emily Ainsworth, a 22-year-old Oxford graduate in English, ran away to the circus in Mexico. As Emily and the circus hopped from city to city, working through the night to pitch on the scrubby hinterlands, she learnt more about the role of transformation in the circus and the people who worked there.
Tracey Murray
From Bauhaus to Bastei, Travels in East Germany
Tracey Murray takes us on a trip around Eastern Germany.
Saturday 3th October 2009
Lois Pryce
Lois on the Loose - Alaska to Ushuaia, Solo by motorcycle.
Lois Pryce left her job at the BBC to ride her motorcycle from Alaska to the tip of South America, alone.
www.loisontheloose.com
Dan Bachmann
The Karamojong: Forgotten Tribes
On a far corner of Uganda live the Karamojong - a group of people who
live by a unique culture that has existed for hundreds of years, but
they now face the influence of the outside world coming from multiple
angles. This talk will leave you hanging about the fate of these
people where the modern world is as much as a threat to existence as a
key to survival.
The talk by Emma Levine has had to be postponed.
Saturday 7th November 2009
Mark Smith
“The Man in Seat61”
Mark worked in various roles within the rail industry for many years and started his website
www.seat61.com as a hobby but has now become a full time job.
The website aims to help people who want to travel by train or ship and get all the information they need to do this.
since it was set up in 2001 in has won many awards, including:
Wanderlust Top Travel Website in 2007, 2008 and 2009; First Choice Responsible Tourism Award in 2006 and Mark has also written a book based on the website.
Joff Summerfield
Pennyfarthing World tour
A world journey on an amazing machine
On his 3rd attempt after two and half years on the road and over 2,000 miles Joff completed his "world journey" in November 2008. Joff will share his journey, with Globetrotters, which took him through Europe, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, China, Tibet, India, USA and Canada.
http://www.pennyfarthingworldtour.com
Saturday 5th December 2009
Neil Rees
From Chesham, Bucks to Chesham, New Hampshire
The story of the journey to my town's namesake in USA.
If you remember how Neil entertained us with his talk on the "Czech government in exile", we can expect an enlightening and entertaining talk.
Rob Lilwall
Cycling the extremes
Travelling alone and by bicycle through the thick jungles of Papua New Guinea, and the lonely passes of Afghanistan
Rob returns to Globetrotters and this time focuses in on two of the most exciting and dangerous parts of his 30,000 mile cycling home from Siberia expedition.
www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com
Saturday 9th January 2010
Four 20 minutes Mini-talks and our New Year Party
Our January meeting gives four speakers to present 20 minute talks, an opportunity to introduce subjects within a tighter format. We hope that talks may include topics that couldn't be sustained over a normal 40 minute talk or offer a launch for new speakers. By tradition we follow this meeting with a New Year Party post-meeting - everyone is invited to bring food and drink and participate!
Saturday, 6th February 2010
Anita Sach [Silk Steps]
Vietnam & cambodia - Through the Bamboo Curtain
A regular visitor to Vietnam and Cambodia as tour leader, guidebook writer and with Silk Steps, Anita's talk will cover her
personal experiences and must—see places to visit.
Odette Fussey [The Russian Experience
Trans-Siberian Railway - The Magic & the Myths
Steeped in cultural contrasts, diverse in its history, and legendary in both scale and content, the Trans-Siberian Railway is
one of the iconic journeys. It is also shrouded in misconceptions, guided by elements of bureaucracy and, ultimately an
experience best suited to those who relish engaging with all facets of travel.
This is a working train made up of a series of journeys — the original spanning Moscow to Vladivostok, but with most of
today’s passengers opting for the route from the Russian capital to Beijing.
Today, the Trans-Siberian attracts travellers of every age and from every walk of life. So backpackers share cabins with
those on a middle-aged gap year, homeward bound Aussies sip Russian vodka with pensioners, and cultural and national
boundaries are united in a shared passion for the unusual and for a true spirit of discovery.
But crucially it is also about those experiences off the train, whether it’s discovering Lake Baikal (the world’s largest),
witnessing a shamen ceremony, savouring magical Mongolian hospitality, visiting the last remaining Russian gulag or
catching that first glimpse of the Great Wall of China.
Odette Fussey from The Russia Experience has made this amazing journey on numerous occasions and has also
accompanied joumalists and film crews. She will present a witty, engaging, warts—and-all guide to the Trans·Siberian and
open up a trip that has to feature on the wish list of any serious traveller.
www.trans-siberian.co.uk
Saturday March 6th, 2010
Mark Kalch
Solo Crossing, on foot, of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Mark was proudly born in Australia and has spent the last 12 or so years of his life working towards becoming a
orofessionat adventurer and explorer. Expeditions have taken him from Everest to North Africa, from Ethiopia’s Omo
Valley to the mighty Amazon and from AustraIia's outback to the forests of South-East Asia. He has run rivers in Southern
Africa and trekked for weeks on end in the Andes of Peru, forged trails through dense jungles in East Africa and explored
deserted tropical islands off the coast of Australia by sea-kayak. A true Globetrotter
Jennifer Barclay
Return to South Korea
South Korea is often called the best-kept secret of Asia, with most westerners hearing more about the closed state to the north and the DMZ that divides them than the fascinating country to the south. Jennifer Barclay, author of Meeting Mr Kim, has been researching and writing about the country for years and went back in September 2009 to dig deeper. She was served strange fish by one of the oldest diving women of Jeju, went walking in a volcanic lava tube, got a rare view of North Korea, met a robot and watched old men playing chess.
Saturday April 10th, 2010
This meeting is in 19 days time.
David Wise:
Travel Pinhole Photography from around the world - to be confirmed
Details to be confirmed...
Martin Featherstone:
Hyenas Ate My Water Container!
Details to be confirmed...
Saturday May 8th, 2010 ***
This meeting is in 47 days time.
Jeanie Copland
South America
Details to be confirmed...
2nd speaker - to be confirmed
Saturday June 5th, 2010
This meeting is in 133 days time.
Lois Pryce
Red Tape & White Knuckles
Lois returns to enthrall us with her second solo motorcycle trip. Traveling 10,000 miles in 4 months to reach Cape
Town. Her route took took her through Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic
of Congo (Zaire), Angola, Namibia and South Africa.
2nd speaker - to be confirmed
Saturday 3rd Jul 2010
This meeting is in 110 days time.
Members Slides :
Around the world in eighty
minutes.
8 presentations of 12 slides
This month we have a fast paced
journey around the Globe.
Probably the best meeting of the year and your last chance to
meet up before the summer.
