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Man on Earth by Lew Toulmin |
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Car Rallies ("Time/speed/distance" or "regularity" rallies) Classic Rally Association: organizers of the amazing year 2000 "Around the World Classic Car Rally" and many other subsequent rallies. www.classicrally.org.uk/ HERO: Historic Endurance Rally Organization: organizes the famous "Scottish Malts" rally each year, and numerous other very well prepared rallies. www.hero.org.uk/ The Great Race: organizes a cross-USA rally each summer with 100 classic cars ranging in age from 1910 to 1969. Very precise. Prizes up to $100,000 for the winner. Planning a million dollar prize Great Race Around the World Race for 2008. www.greatrace.com  Exploration and travel organizations The Travelers’ Century Club—a great club, for people who have traveled to 100+ countries or sovereign territories. Has regional chapters, and provides for "junior" or "aspirant" members who have been to 75+ countries. www.travelerscenturyclub.org The Explorers Club—over 100 years old, the world’s premier organization for exploration. The honorary head is Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Everest. www.explorers.org Heritage and lineage organizations Daughters of the American Revolution. Has a fabulous library in downtown DC near the White House. Their library catalog is searchable on-line. www.dar.org Hereditary Order of the Families of the Presidents and First Ladies of America: Organization for descendants or cousins of any US President or First Lady, or the President or First Lady of the CSA, Republic of Texas, Republic of California, or Republic of West Florida. www.presidentsandfirstladies.org Hereditary Society Community: umbrella organization and website which lists all the active hereditary and lineage societies in the US, with links, pictures of their medals and insignia, and many other useful items. www.hereditary.us/ Links to Some of the Most Traveled People on Earth Charles Veley: has a website with lists of many of the world’s most traveled people and their "scores" on Veley’s list of countries and territories. www.mosttraveledpeople.com/ Jeff Shea: a mountaineer who has conquered Everest and all seven of the world’s tallest mountains, with his own list of over 3000 provinces and states: www.jeffshea.com/ Gig Gwin, the world’s most traveled Travel Agent, and contender for the title of "Most Traveled Man." www.gwins.com/gig Robert & Dorothy Pine, who claim the title of "The World’s Most Traveled Couple" (newspaper gallery with photos of the couple): www2.ljworld.com/photos/galleries/2006/mar/24/bob_pine_world_traveler/ Travel gear L.L. Bean: classic travel clothes and gear. Great store in Maine and now opening stores around the US. www.llbean.com Tilley Hats: most well traveled persons and "extreme" travelers eventually find and then swear by these great Canadian hats. www.tilley.com TravelSmith: very versatile travel gear. www.travelsmith.com Magazines/Newspapers International Travel News: Very detail-oriented monthly newspaper/magazine for high volume but budget-oriented travelers. Free sample copies given out upon request (see the website). Lew Toulmin writes a monthly cruise column for ITN. www.intltravelnews.com The Montgomery Sentinel: a suburban Maryland paper for the large county just north of Washington, DC. Lew Toulmin writes a monthly travel column for the Sentinel. www.thesentinel.com TravLtips: magazine written largely by readers for persons interested in travel on cruise ships and freighters. www.travltips.com Other Cool Books See Peter R. Hornby's book on Winslow Homer in England and his photography at www.prhornby.com and www.winslowhomerinengland.com. Peter is the person mentioned in The Most Traveled Man on Earth in the story on the Queen Elizabeth 2 as the interesting man who lives part of the year near Cape Hatteras and part of the year in Maine. |