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My travels began at age 16 as a last-minute replacement for a scared traveler on my dad and mom’s Bible Lands trip in summer of 1972. Twenty-two people. Within two weeks I had a passport and visas, and we were off and running. Greece, then Egypt, and on an Egypt Air flight from Cairo to…

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Stefan Krasowski teaches travelers, speaks at travel conferences, and blogs at Rapid Travel Chai. He is an expert in rewards credit cards, airline, and hotel programs, specializing in using points for exotic and remote destinations. A native of Minneapolis, Stefan is a graduate of The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He got his traveling start…

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By Pamela Barrus It used to be Angola was one of those really, really hard countries to get into. It either took employment with Chevron Oil or the good fortune to know somebody who knew somebody who would issue an invitation letter, one of many visa requirements. And then there was the trip to
the Angolan…

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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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Among the questions we asked participants at the end of the 2018 Barcelona international meeting was “would you like to attend another one and if so, when and where?” With almost 200 active members voting in our first ever poll to see where we want to meet up in 2021, coming in with 48% of…

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Our congratulations to those Club members who have reached higher levels of countries visited. Well done! Diamond Members (300 or more countries) Joachim von zur Gathen Bonn, Germany Milan Srejber Prague, Czech Republic Hans A. Thulin, MD Taberg, Sweden Ke Yin He Selangor, Malaysia Platinum Members (250 or more countries) Zhenhua Tian Kirkland, Quebec, Canada…

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The Travelers’ Century Club is pleased to welcome the following new members to the club: Applebaum, Ray C., Applebaum, Fredrica Bandiera, Glen Bērziņš, Valdis Carr, William M. Cullan, Barbara Cvetkov, Kyril Dahab, Carolyn Hitzig Dauer, Roger T. Dennis, Victoria Lee Dobson, Carol Du Yimin Garland, Richard N. Gonzalez, Juan D. Gonzalez, Donna S. Graydon, Cameron…

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I was born with sense of curiosity and spirit of adventure and these have always been with me. At age 5, I led a few classmates and escaped from kindergarten to home. Looking at the map, I imaged what those places looked like. Back then in China, visiting foreign countries was not common; I could…

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This is Cindy Shurtleff, our new Chapter Coordinator for the Pacific Northwest (Seattle) TCC Chapter. Her home base is Seattle and Lake Wenatchee (WA), but she’s never home for long. Cindy is an active hiker, skier, cyclist, tennis and squash player. She says she is terrible at second languages, but good with a smile and…

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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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