Category: TCC News

Most people can only imagine walking out their front door with no money in their pocket with the only goal to learn as much as possible about the world, and not returning home for years. Imagine keeping this up for the next forty years. Meet Jorge Sánchez, a legendary traveler from another era who has

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By Susan Turnbull Susan is a nurse and member of the Oceania Chapter living in Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane is not only a hub with direct flights to the Indo-Pacific, but a sunny, laid-back, friendly city that offers urban charm. Most long-haul flights arrive in Brisbane in the early hours of the morning. Fear not, Brisbane

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By Ed Hotchkiss Ed is a member of the New York Chapter and a published photographer on the New York Subway network. Mali’s tourism used to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors annually, especially to Timbuktu and the Dogon Country. This dramatically declined in 2012 when weapons flowed into the country from Libya after the

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Member Snapshots: Middle East and Africa To… … South Asia and America! New Co-Coordinator Joins the TCC’s Virtual Book Club Miriam Nadel has joined Ed Hotchkiss as a co-coordinator for the virtual TCC Book Club to moderate monthly discussions. Miriam has been a TCC member for ten years and a member of the Washington, D.C.

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Our congratulations to those Travelers’ Century Club® members who have reached higher levels of countries visited. Well done! Diamond Members (300 or more countries) Yanping Liang Shenzhen, China Platinum Members (250 or more countries) Xian Ni An LaSalle, QC, Canada Bobbi Laufer La Jolla, CA, USA Peter M. Narins Los Angeles, CA, USA Maureen L.

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The Travelers’ Century Club is pleased to welcome the following new members to the club: Jessica L. Adams James E. Alver Terry Appenzellar Jeffery Averill Jr. Kendall A. Bailey Nancy Barkwell Debra Elizabeth Beckett Jeannie Burns Buckner John H. Caldwell Barry Thomas Cervantes Yan Yin Cherry Chan Shawn Michael Clankie Heather Collinson Jean Quill Cook

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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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Chasing the Travel Dragon They say that once addicts are hooked, they “chase the dragon” and are always pursuing the elusive high of their first time. Because I consider myself a travel junkie, I guess you could say that I, too, am “chasing the dragon” — the travel dragon. 195/195 UN countries. 317/330 TCC destinations.

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By Laurel Glassman Laurel is an amateur Egyptologist and member of the Washington, DC chapter. With exquisite Spanish Colonial architecture, jaw-dropping active volcanoes, great museums, and welcoming people, Nicaragua should be on any traveler’s list of places to visit. Spend a week or two in this charming Central American country of 6.9 million people. Aptly

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By Bjørn Watne Bjørn is a Norwegian living in France and a member of the Central Europe Chapter. Passing through Addis Ababa on your way to or from Europe? For the adventurous traveler with a couple of spare days, a side trip to Mogadishu is surprisingly doable — and unforgettable. With regular Ethiopian Airlines flights

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