Here's your April issue of GOING PLACES

Official newsletter of the

YMCA Alumni Travel Club

April 2022

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An affordable winter escape to beautiful

Costa Rica

February 25-March 3, 2023

Escape winter with the YMCA Alumni Travel Club on this affordable adventure to Costa Rica’s natural paradise. Cost: $929 pp, plus taxes, fees and airfare.

From heart-stirring suspension bridges through rainforest canopies to the lava trails emerging from the depths of the earth. See Arenal Volcano and explore the wild places where pumas and jaguars prowl.

Look skyward to spot the hundreds of multi-hued birds, butterflies, and a dizzying diversity of wildlife in the Monteverde Cloud Forest.

Find your head in the clouds in a primeval forest blessed by trade winds, rain, and fog by day; and unfettered stars above by night. Go where monkeys and macaws make your day with mischief and see some of the 160-plus reptile species—from tiny amphibians to titan snakes.

Get civilized too, with visits to an artisan village and a tour of Costa Rica’s largest city and cultural capital of San José.

This Globus Tour will fill quickly. Please don't delay.

"Costa Rica is more than a vacation destination; it is an interactive sensory experience."

Top reasons to visit Costa Rica:

*Average weather

conditions around 85° -- balmy year round.

*It's a short plane ride away from home.

*Costa Rica has more than 800 miles of picture-perfect beaches.

*Wlldlife abounds with iconic species in Costa Rica.

*Outdoor enthusiasts will be blown away by adrenaline-pumping tours.

*Your favorite cuppa joe was likely grown on the volcanic slopes of Costa Rica.

*Costa Rica is one of the safest countries for travelers.

*The people of Costa Rica –Ticos – are one of the country’s national treasures.

*No other country packs such diverse terrain in such a small area.

*Pura Vida -- the national motto - is much more than “pure life." it is a state of mind – an appreciation of the simple pleasures of life.

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'The best way to travel... with friends'

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Travel tips you can use...

Bill Hooson, YMCA Alumni Travel Club Chair, is an inveterate traveler. He compiled a list of travel tips all of us can use. But, here's a hint: Use them on a Travel Club trip in the next year, although they never expire.

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Egypt along the Nile

April 28 - May 7, 2023

"See the pyramids along the Nile..

you belong with us..."

In this 10-day journey, you’ll marvel at many other amazing accomplishments of this remarkable civilization.

The daunting Great Pyramids, the enigmatic Sphinx, the extraordinary temples of Luxor and Karnak, and the magnificent royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings are well worth the journey as are the sparkling treasures inside Cairo’s Egyptian Museum, including the fascinating burial items from the opulent tomb of “King Tut.”

As we sail down the legendary Nile from Luxor to Aswan on this enthralling tour of Egypt, you’ll also stand in awe at the preserved Temples of Horus and Isis, barter for goods at the bustling bazaars, and sway to the rhythmic drums on a relaxing felucca ride down the Nile.

This 10-day cruise and tour begins and ends in bustling Cairo.

We'll travel with Globus Tours. After 90-plus years of sharing the world with travelers, Globus has set the gold standard for award-winning touring across virtually every continent.

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Don't wait until

it's SOLD OUT

The need to reserve your spot early for YMCA Alumni Travel Club trips is evident. Our Trade Routes of the Middle Ages, Portugal's River of Gold , Alaska cruise, and Colorado's Historic Trains trips all are SOLD OUT.

Join YMCA Alumni for Reunion '22 in the Big Easy Nov. 2-4, 2022

Be sure to register by July 31 to be eligible to win one of 10, $100 bills to use during "Dinner with Friends" at Reunion '22.

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YMCA Alumni Travel Club

"...to provide YMCA Alumni members the opportunity to have travel experiences with past YMCA colleagues, families and friends at a reasonable cost."

YMCA Travel Club Committee

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