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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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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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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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Andy Heath enjoyed a career in Nashville as a studio singer before taking his music to sea, where he first gained experience as a Cruise Director. After 13 years traveling the world, he and his wife transitioned to land, where Andy built a successful financial advisory practice and hosted the popular radio show, Cruising to…

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TCC members are invited to join us for “Greenland a Mystical Fantasyland,” a virtual exploration via Zoom on Saturday, Aug. 14 (or Sunday, Aug. 15 for some time zones). Our presenter is Jóhanna Eyjólfsdóttir, who, with her husband Jón Olafur Magnússon, founded Reykjavik-based HL Adventure. Their company provides destination management services for individuals and groups…

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BRYCE LODER Nome, Alaska, USA It would feel presumptuous talking “numbers of countries” with people who didn’t have a passion for travel, but among TCC members it’s no big deal. I did my medical training as a doctor in Kansas, El Salvador and Mexico before we had email or easy communication to arrange study in…

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TCC VIRTUAL EXPLORATIONS Previously known as Destination Zoom, the TCC Virtual Explorations Committee is calling for volunteers! Do you have experience in program development, production or promotion? We can use your help and ideas! If you are interested and able to work on any of these stages in the process, we could use your help…

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By Pauline Chakmakjian Pauline Chakmakjian is a Visit Kyoto Ambassador. The photos of the Heian Shrine and Bamboo Meal were taken by Pauline. As with every Olympics, various cultural highlights will be presented with respect to the host country. The Tokyo Olympics has experienced an unusually turbulent period of preparation with COVID-19 interfering with plans…

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We each have a moment where it all began, and for my husband Lauri and me, it was while we were on a packaged Christmas tour through South Africa and eSwatini (previously Swaziland) in 1998. In the same group we met a man traveling solo who at some point told us that he was on…

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Our congratulations to those Club members who have reached higher levels of countries visited. Well done! Gold Members (200 or more countries) Alesh Benkovic Ptuj, Slovenia James Kitchen Chapel Hill, NC, USA Mehraj Mahmudov Baku, Azerbaijian Jonathan Shier Melbourne, Australia Zhong Zhong Jinhua, Zhejiang, China Silver Members (150 or more countries) Fulchand Kishorbhai Hejam Mumbai,…

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