Category: TCC News

The TCC is pleased to announce our newest chapter in the Republic of Korea. Mr. H.W. Rhee was the driving force behind putting together a group of Korea’s most well- traveled people, however, Mr. Park will serve as the chapter’s first coordinator. I was born in Seoul, Korea, and my family immigrated to America when…

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As the son of a physician father who worked for the Indian Railways, we made many family trips within India which I am sure was the origin of my appetite for travel. I grew up in the southern state of Tamil Nadu and while in medical school occasionally contemplated quitting to become a pilot. Using…

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By Stefan Krasowski Stefan visited Syria in August 2019, a week before his 40th birthday. He has now visited every country in the world. Stefan has traveled to 306 TCC destinations and is a TCC board member. Why is it so difficult? Syria has been in civil war since 2011, and was effectively closed to…

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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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Our congratulations to those Club members who have reached higher levels of countries visited. Well done! Diamond Members (300 or more countries) Anush Dawidjan North Bay Village, Florida David Horne St. Kilda, Dunedin, New Zealand Neal J. Pollock Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Platinum Members (250 or more countries) Guangming Chen Jiaozuo, HeN, China J. Boyce Nute…

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The Travelers’ Century Club is pleased to welcome the following new members to the club: Bari, KGM Latiful Barth, R. Michael Bernard, Marc-Elie Brewin, Fred Bryan, Kevin Chen, Guangming Choi, Myung Ja Compton, David S. Courtney, Robert (Robin) DeRonde Jr., John Allen Dohrmann, Jean Easton, Timothy C. Eisenberg, Stanley Flannery, Claire Friar, Willie Kate Funderbunk,…

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Jacksonville, Florida Six of the 10 TCC members (plus a guest) living within 50 miles of Jacksonville, Florida, gathered at Maggiano’s Italian restaurant on June 5 for a wonderful two-hour discussion among committed travelers. Small saplings eventually grow into a tree. We’re working on it. South Korea The Republic of Korea can boast one of…

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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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