This page lists recent news articles and chapter updates posted on the TCC Web site. Click any headline to view the post. Use the search blank at right to find older posts on any topic.
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Nov. 20 Virtual Exploration: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana With Author John Gimlette
November’s “Virtual Exploration” investigates Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. These three small countries are among the least known but some of the most wildly intriguing places on Earth. Imagine 900 miles of muddy coastline giving way to a forest so dense that even today there are virtually no roads through it; a string of rickety…
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Oct. 16 Virtual Exploration: Tony Wheeler’s Islands of Australia
Join our “Virtual Exploration” on Saturday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada). Note: This program is a presentation of the Oceania Chapter of the Travelers’ Century Club. As a concession, our regular starting time of 2 p.m. EDT has been adjusted out by two hours. This month’s TCC “Virtual Exploration”…
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Pianist Roman Rudnytsky Featured at St. Louis Chapter’s October 2021 Concert and Happy Hour Reception
The fall 2021 meeting of the St. Louis TCC Chapter will feature a concert by international concert pianist Roman Rudnytsky, followed by a happy hour reception. Here are the details: Date: Saturday, Oct. 23 Time: 5 to 8 p.m. Concert Venue: Lacefield Music, 112 Chesterfield Valley Dr, Chesterfield, Mo 63005 Reception: Mimi’s Bistro-Bakery, 17240 Chesterfield…
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September 2021 Charter Chapter Meeting Canceled
The scheduled quarterly luncheon of the TCC’s Charter Chapter (LA/OC), planned for Saturday, Sep. 11, in Laguna Beach, has been canceled. Updates about future meetings will be provided when available.
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TCC Perspectives: Three of Our Newest Members
Richard Forensky, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA I’m very excited to be a part of the TCC because traveling is my passion. There are few places that can bring so many fellow travelers together with our mutual interest. I’m looking forward to learning and potentially traveling with other members. Several years ago, I learned about the TCC…
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Member Spotlight: John Dranchak, Parsons, Kansas
My dad always seemed to be working and his vacation time was used to paint the house or work on his car. Thus, when I was a kid, our family never went camping at Yellowstone or experienced the routine vacations like many of my friends’ families. Our definition of traveling abroad was to cross the…
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Well-Traveled Members Conquered the DRC!
Some of our most intrepid travelers explored the Democratic Republic of Congo for three weeks this past June. With nearly impassable roads and a 3am finish one day, their drive from Kinshasa to Kasongo took 10 full days. They flew in a cargo plane to Bukavu to see the Lowland Gorillas in a 7-1/2 hour…
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Well Traveled: September 2021
Our congratulations to those Club members who have reached higher levels of countries visited. Well done! Platinum Members (250 or more countries) Selman Arinc Istanbul, Turkey Rutger M. Prakke Lochem, Netherlands Silver Members (150 or more countries) Reinhold Bär Niddatal, Germany Ruy da Costa Lima Palm Springs, CA, USA
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A Hearty Welcome to New TCC Members
The Travelers’ Century Club is pleased to welcome the following new members to the club: Arinc, Selman Beiswenger, Vivian Bentley, Barbara da Costa Lima, Ruy Esposito, Cynthia Evans, Melissa Johnson,Chad Kwong, Jonipher Lupin, Michael Moradpour, Meysam Murmanov, Vyacheslav Offner, Tino Alfred Straw, George Thorjussen, Christopher Wang, Jason Young, Thomas For privacy reasons, addresses and emails…
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Meet Mark and Sylvia Russell: Our New Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana Chapter Coordinators
Married for 38 years, Mark and Sylvia Russell had separate beginnings in travel. Mark lived in Stuttgart, Germany, and used the Eurail pass to visit almost all of Europe. Sylvia flew to South America, Europe, and Asia in the glory days of Braniff, with the painted airplanes and uniforms by Pucci and Halston. Sylvia is…
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New Info Files Added to the Members-Only TCC Forum
As of 2012, members must go to the TCC Forum to access the TCC Info Files. The Forum requires a user name and password to log in. TCC will continue to mail the Info Files to those who have paid the additional $10 ($85 domestic and $95 international). Back issues of the Info Files are…
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Presentation on the Republic of the Congo by JoAnn Schwartz Planned for September Canada Chapter Meeting
Hello World Travelers, Hoping you all are having an enjoyable summer. It’s great to see that more and more travel opportunities are beginning to open up for us all, both domestically around our great country of Canada and internationally. I am excited to announce that we are extremely fortunate to have TCC Board Member JoAnn…
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Oceania Chapter Update: An Armchair Journey to Pitcairn Island
On Saturday, Aug. 26, we were treated to a wonderful presentation on Pitcairn Island by Mark Blum from the TCC NorCal Chapter. Thank you Mark. We all thoroughly enjoyed the presentation that provided a look at the history of Pitcairn Island as well as life today on this remote island. It was great that you…
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Notes From the August 2021 Meeting of Miami-Area Members
Anush Dawidgan was our host for tour Summer in-person gathering of the Southeast Florida TCC Chapter on Sunday, Aug. 8. We had the opportunity to celebrate Anush’s achievement in having visited all 63 National Parks in the United States, and Leon Hochman‘s achievement in having completed a visit to all the independent countries of the…
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Virtual Gathering of the Oceania Chapter on Saturday, Aug. 21
On Saturday, Aug. 21, at 1 p.m. AEST, we are delighted to have Mark Blum repeat his presentation on Pitcairn Island that he gave to the TCC NorCal Chapter in April. He will describe his visit to this British Overseas Territory aboard the Clipper Odyssey. Read about his April presenation here » Mark lives in…
