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More than three dozen members and guests of the TCC Charter Chapter (Los Angeles/Orange County) gathered at the Mozambique Restaurant in Laguna Beach on March 11 for our quarterly lunch meeting.
We welcomed five members attending their first chapter gathering along with eight guests who enjoyed the camaraderie and opportunity to share travel tales.
Member and daring traveler Matthew Allison recounted his amazing adventures exploring Ecuador’s legendary Cave of the Tayos, which some believe to contain an ancient golden library of books engraved in an alien-like language, revealing the secrets to the origin of civilization.
While the mysterious books were never found, we all experienced the sights, sounds and secrets of this subterranean world which even lured astronaut Neil Armstrong in pursuit of its treasures.
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