Category: TCC News

By Steve and Dianne Owad-Jones Steve and Dianne lived and worked in the Sultanate for five years, check out their Info File for further tips and details. Under the rule of Sultan Qaboos for 49 years, Oman was transformed from a medieval-style feudal state with 1 km of paved road, to a sensitively developed modern…

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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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TCC Members in the Upper Mid-West region of the United States are invited to join a special gathering via Zoom on Thursday, Oct. 1, beginning at 7 p.m. Central time. Areas covered are: Iowa Northern Indiana Northern Ohio Michigan Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin For details, including Zoom login info, contact St. Louis Chapter…

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The Travelers’ Century Club is pleased to welcome the following new members to the club: Bassani, Luca Coser Büchel, Gabriel Burdick, Alan Chen, Xiaoxian Chen, Ying Chokshi, Shiven De Vega Riezco, Francisco Guillermo Ding, Shu Xia Emert, Troy Fan, Wei Girtman, William F. Hao, Shu Lin Herrick, Ginger Huo, Wenxia Janiszewski, Jens Jensen, Michael Robin…

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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) Michael Robin Jensen Kihei, HI, USA Del McCuen Seal Beach, CA, USA Linda McCuen Seal Beach, CA, USA Gold Members (200 or more countries) Shu Xia Ding Shenzhen, China Elizabeth N. Ganley Arlington,…

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Nothing can hold down travelers who want to talk about their trips. TCC Zoom meetings popped up around the country. Even places without a formal chapter such as Jacksonville, Florida, Indiana, and Arizona gathered in front of their screens, and if there’s one advantage to these meetings, members who live too far away from a…

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This picture was taken at the 5,000-year- old Mohenjo-daro, one of the great cities of the Indus River Valley. When Pakistan no longer felt safe, I headed to Islamabad’s airport and boarded the next flight home (via Istanbul). I was lucky. Hours after my departure, Pakistan cancelled all flights and closed its borders. Nice place…

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Life has been good to me. I was born in Bogotá 50 years ago to a highly cultured, traditionalist family of Ashkenazi Jews (my mom is a Holocaust survivor) and grew up inside the bubble of our very small community. At the time, Colombia was still very parochial, underdeveloped, and starting to suffer from what…

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Southern California TCC member Don Tomajan and Florida members Judy and Michael Fegen had a chance meeting at the Registan in the ancient city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

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The Board would like to thank outgoing board member and past president, Kevin Hughes, for his over twenty years of hard work and dedication to our club during his service on the board. As soon as the flight restrictions lift, you’ll find him back in his second home in Thailand. From our coordinators: “A toast…

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