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If you have a travellers tale that your aching to tell.
Then why not visit the “Travel Sized Bites” section of the Website and
share it with the world. "http://www.globetrotters.co.uk/bites/?enews%2Bbites">Travel
Sized Bites

Both the Paris and Hong Kong metro systems regularly
use air freshener. Apparently studies reveal that if the system smells
good, customers feel more positive about the travelling experience. London
Underground, with over 3 million passengers a day, has started to trial
a fragrance called Madeleine to see if fragrance will make a positive
difference. If customers like it, it will become a permanent item. Sound
like the sweet smell of success?

Need help? Want a travelling buddy or advice about a
place or country - want to share something with us - why not visit our
Mutual Aid section of the Website: "http://www.globetrotters.co.uk/mutual/mutaid.html?enews+mutual">
Mutual Aid

When the Beetle wants to say thank you and money is
not appropriate, she gives postcards from her hometown, London, to people
as small gifts. Take some with you!

Got a travel tip you would like to share
with the Beetle? Then e-mail them to: the Beetle

Fairly self-explanatory, a suggestions form Dick, the
London Meetings organiser: "http://www.onlinenewspapers.com">onlinenewspapers.com A
great way of catching up after months of being away from TV, radio and
newspapers!

Under 24? A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested
in a £1,000 travel award?

Know someone who is? We have £1,000 to award each
year for five years for the best submitted independent travel plan. Interested?

Then see "http://www.globetrotters.co.uk/legacy.html">our legacy page
on our Website, 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!!

Last month’s article on Bali in a nutshell was in fact
written by Shirley of London. Sorry about that, Shirley!

Researchers studying the spotted hyena in Tanzania have
discovered that they are the only wild animal to be able to carry the
rabies virus but not display any of the symptoms. So stop worrying about
those hyenas biting!

NASA has recently published a map of the world showing
the frequency of lightening around the world. They found that The Congo
has 50 lightening strikes a year for each square kilometre of land, compared
to two per square km in the UK. Antarctica and Egypt hardly have any lightening
strikes at all.

In about 200 AD a famous Greek astronomer named Claudius
Ptolemy believed that the earth had to be balanced or it would topple
over. He figured that there had to be a land yet unknown to Europeans
somewhere below the Indian Ocean. Over time this yet to be discovered
land came to be known as Terra Australis Incognito that means the Unknown
Southern Land.