A Lifetime of Travels: From Antarctica to Zimbabwe

By Paul Ackerman

Travel has always played an important part in the lives of Paul and Valerie Ackerman. They began their international travels in their early years. At the age of twelve, Valerie sailed to England with her mother and brother to spend a year living with her elderly grandmother in Hastings. At the age of eighteen, Paul took a summer cruise to Scandinavia as a midshipman on a U.S. Navy destroyer escort. They have been traveling ever since. Their travels have taken them to all seven continents and to over 133 different countries. They are members of the Travelers Century Club, an organization of people who have visited 100 countries or more. This book is a compilation of many of their favorite travel adventures which includes: wild life safaris in Africa, sailing in the Greek Isles, trekking in the Himalaya Mountains, searching for tigers on elephant back in Nepal, cruising up the Amazon River on a 100 year old river boat, and wading ashore on the Antarctic continent. They have seen the pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China, the temples of Angkor Wat, the Taj Mahal of India and many other great wonders of the world. They have also journeyed to remote, less-traveled destinations like the tiny mountain kingdom of Bhutan, lonely Easter Island, and isolated, fly-in bush camps in Namibia. This book is written as a means of collecting their travel stories and sharing them with friends. The Ackermans live in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2008. They are shown below during a visit to Antarctica in 2000.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D9TR44P7
• ISBN13: 9798333575883
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"