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· Budget carrier Jin Air launched in Korea

Jeans-wearing, plane cleaning youth-orientated cabin staff will be the face of Korean Air’s new budget carrier Jin Air.

Read more at http://www.travelmole.com

· Bradt receives MBE

Travel guide publisher Hilary Bradt has received the MBE for services to the tourist industry and charity.

Read more at http://www.travelmole.com

· BAA monopoly under scrutiny

BAA could be under pressure to sell some of its airports after the UK Competition Commission concluded that its monopoly in the south east and Scotland is adversely affecting passengers.

Read more at http://www.travelmole.com/

13 new additions to list following Unesco meeting. Read more at http://www.wanderlust.co.uk

If any Globetrotters member would like to start a branch, whether it is in Aberdeen or Zanzibar, see our FAQ or contact our Branch Liaison Officer via our web site at Meeting FAQ.

· Espaço Brasa in Leblon – the newest churrascaria restaurant in town. Though not cheap you leave feeling that whole experience is excellent value…besides attentive service, the range of meats, salads, desserts & wines is astonishing

· Sugar Loaf Mountain – though Christos is perhaps more iconic, SL offers the spectacular cable car ascent/descent. Not one for the faint hearted, it gives you excellent views into the city & along its coasts !

· A long neck of Bohemia on sunny Ipanema beach at 9AM or after a swim in the ocean – clears the throat like no other !

· Rio Scenarium in Lapa – a big, long night out in RdJ’s club land – DJs & bands turn their hands to all flavours of music, particularly cool & hip samba. The queues are worth the effort to get in…

· Buses – they cover all parts of the city and and are so cheap & varied. Whilst there are train lines, this mode of getting around drives the city – well worth the effort & quite easy.

· Devassa beers & bars – a microbrewery with its own outlets…try the Negra or Ruiva beers particularly, they make a grand change from lagers that dominate your choices.

A member of Globetrotters Club ? Interested in a £1,000 travel award ? Know someone who is ? 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.

See the legacy page on our web site, where you can apply with your plans for a totally independent travel trip and we’ll take a look at it. Get those plans in, as the next Legacy deadline will be 31 October 2008 !!

· Federation of Tour Operators - http://www.fto.co.uk/

· Air Transport Users Council -
http://www.caa.co.uk

· JoHo Foundation sets up development projects with volunteers in Africa- http://www.qqq.com/

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· We are looking for writer, John Wilcock who wrote guide book In 1964, “Japan and Hong Kong on Five Dollars a Day”, are you familiar with him ? I found your website by typing his name and there was reference to 2005 newsletter about $5 a day in Mexico by John Wilcock.

Best regards
Mariko Hirai
NHK Enterprises LA Office
Email : hirainepamerica.com

· I would like to know from your members if you have been to Abu Simbel in Egypt and if it is worth the expense and time going ?

Hoy Holm
Email : hoynance@aol.com

Regular contributor Mac ruminates on the world of travel & some of his adventures along the way — This time round its South Africa…

• Hotel Kilarney in Durban South Africa had a Monks Inn where they had strip shows with lunch ! You often see signs Steak, Eggs and Chips…their sign read Steak, Eggs and strips. (I collect what is said on signs). If you see a strip show in a Monks Inn is that a double sin ?…I could not get thorough to the Pope to find out.
• The oldest bar in Capetown South Africa is the Fireman’s bar. Firemen from ships used to go there. On the wall they have listed a telephone service with charges for answering phone:-
  • He’s not here - 20 cents
  • He just left - 25 cents
  • Haven’t seem him all day - 30 cents.
  • Haven’t seen him all week - 35 cents
  • Who ? - 40 cents.
• At Catholic Church in Johannesburg they hear confessions in Sesotha, Padi, Tsnamia, ZuluXoise, Chiceno, African Dutch, Spanish, Italian and French but the priest did not understand my English (thank heavens) ! At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris they even hear confessions in Esperanto.