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By Nicola Coratella and Keith Siddel Nicola — an Italian living in Barcelona, he shares his non-professional energy between an insane passion for travel and a deep interest in the world of wine. Yes, many times the two go together. Keith — an American from Laguna Beach, is a full-time nomad since 2019, exploring the

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Thank you to Charles Merkel, the Virtual Explorations team and especially the Oceania Chapter for hosting Lonely Planet creator and author, Tony Wheeler in October. Tony was highly anticipated since his appearance earlier this year on The Hippie Trail. He gave a wonderful and enlightening presentation on his book Islands of Australia. Tony explained that

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  I’ve often reflected on which influence created my fascination with extreme travel. One theory I look to is being inspired by National Geographic articles and their large colour maps—wondering how you would get to these far-off locations. Another could be growing up in Shropshire and hitchhiking to school which would inspire me to extend

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Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Richard Taylor has visited Dominica, Jamaica, the Marquesas, Chad, Tanzania (to climb Kilimanjaro), Zanzibar, Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Togo and Greece. Richard did most of this travel with the fearless Matt Allison, who picks some of the most off-the-grid

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Jonathan Finney, Nashville, Tennessee, USA Being a member is larger check mark in this life and what we have been living for. On my 30th birthday, I embarked on my first solo trip across Western Europe. Eureka! Ever since, my life changed completely. My mother is from Venezuela, a place I visited many times as

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Our congratulations to those Club members who have reached higher levels of countries visited. Well done! Platinum Members (250 or more countries) Reinout G. Prakke Haarlem, Netherlands Richard Taylor La Jolla, CA, USA Gold Members (200 or more countries) Yizhang Liu Bijie City, China Silver Members (150 or more countries) Sean Foran Calabasas, CA, USA

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The Travelers’ Century Club is pleased to welcome the following new members to the club: Baloso, Pilita Breedlove, Robert Breedlove, Deborah Rae Calkins, Darryl Dwyer, Richard Gregg Foran, Sean Hannemann, Dirk Horsley, Kara Hou, Haiyong Lange, Jason Matthew Lewis, Cen Lindqvist, Mathias Liu, Yizhang Ljungberg, Cristina Miller, Charles Miller, Pat Motsinger, Thomas Niemann, Leila Niemann,

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