altoringer

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

Now retired, I'm trying to keep my reputation alive as a traveler to exotic places. Well, at least exotic according to my friends. I've ridden a camel in the Gobi Desert, snorkeled with the dolphins in the Azores, climbed a glacier in Patagonia, and tried shark meat in Iceland. Recently I climbed into the Great Pyramid of Giza. One of the highlights of my trip to Madagascar was the chance to see the coelacanth. Not bad for a retired librarian!

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Austria

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Bhutan

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Brazil

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Czechia

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Egypt

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Greece

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Iceland

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Kyrgyzstan

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Madagascar

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Morocco

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