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Looking for people to travel with and share adventures? Look no further! We are a TRIED & TRUE travel group that's been taking amazing trips since 2006 AND we will help you conquer your Bucket Lists one magnificent trip at a time! Scroll through our amazing photos and see for yourself--WE REALLY GO PLACES!

Some cool things we've done & will do again:

• Trek up a volcano to see Gorillas in the wild
• Sleep in Glass Igloo watching Northern Lights
• Ride the Glacier Express in Switzerland
• Cruise the Amazon River
• Stay in a luxury cave hotel in Turkey
• Take cooking classes in Paris
• Sleep in a Yurt in the desert
• Sit with a Panda Bear in Chengdu, China
• Stand on the Red Carpet at the Cannes Film Festival
• Hike Easter Island
• Camp on Antarctica
• Snorkel a fissure between two continental plates in Iceland
• Get up close to Polar Bears in the wild
• Stand amidst the baby elephants at Sheldrick's Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi
• Hot Air Balloon over the Great Migration in Africa
• Kayak & Raft in the Arctic Circle and saw Polar Bears
• Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef
• Hike to Tigers Nest in Bhutan
• Explore temples of Angkor Wat Cambodia
• Cruise Galapagos Islands on a Yacht
• Take a Yoga class at an ashram in India
• Ride camels across the Sahara Desert
• Kayak in Antarctica
• Visit the DMZ in Korea, the most heavily armed border on earth
• Fly over Mt. Everest & Annapurna on a tiny Buddha Air plane in Nepal
• Sail the Nile & visit the Pyramids of Egypt
• Hike up to Potala Palace in Tibet
• Take cooking classes in India, Peru, Thailand, Italy, France, Bali & more • Hike Machu Picchu
• Take European River Cruises
• Stand among the stones of Stonehenge
• Paddle boat up the Vltava river in Prague
• Visit Snow Monkeys in the Japanese Alps
• And of course Wine tastings all over the world!

AND MORE IS YET TO COME!
All trips are a combination of old and new members from all over the U.S., so each trip is a fresh mix of adventurers. (Don't worry if you missed some biggies--we repeat trips every couple of years!)

As the first Travel Meetup in the Chicago Suburbs--our track record can't be beat--we really are the Gold Standard of Travel Meetups! Creativity, knowledge, enthusiasm, and organization of leadership sets this meetup apart from all the others. Once you join--you can view our fabulous trips and join us*--WE GO PLACES!*

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FRENCH POLYNESIA ADVENTURE, APRIL 21-30, 2023

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NORTHERN LIGHTS OF LAPLAND, March 15-23, 2023

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