Category: TCC News

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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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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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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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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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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