Negus Elected 16th Member

Mr Negus, having received an aye from a 3/4ths majority of the members of our fine club, has been duly elected. Welcome!

My apologies to Mr Bob van der Zwaan who through an oversight was omitted from our correspondence on this.

The List of Countries Visited and The Club Ladder have been duly modified. Mr Negus enters at sixth with a total of 70 countries, half of which in Africa. Mr Grant asked about the delta of Mr Negus, who estimated it at three to five countries per year.

Bon voyage, Yr sec'y.

Mr K Embibes Entire City

Mr K writes "Oh BTW, I did manage to get to Namibia and drink a Windhoek. At this rate I will catch up to the leader in about a hundred years and five years to catch up with our nominee."

v/d Z gets Gold Star, 85th Country

Mr v/d Z is on the move again, this time to Israel, his 85th country. Anyone want to wager which region he aims to complete next?

Yr sec'y sipped a vieux magon in old Tunis last month too, putting him once again in a tie for fourth with Mr Earle.

Hoe Hoe Hovig visits Sierra Leone

I was in Sierra Leone a few months back. Had a bit of a swill at the bar in Freetown where Leonardo Di Caprio first met the hottie in the movie Blood Diamond. I tried my best to look rakish like Leo. Alas, I'm sure I resembled a less attractive garden tool in our shed....