{"id":10229,"date":"2023-10-23T21:38:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T04:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/?p=10229"},"modified":"2023-10-23T21:38:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T04:38:37","slug":"ready-to-explore-the-world-travel-alone-and-meet-more-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2023\/10\/23\/ready-to-explore-the-world-travel-alone-and-meet-more-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"READY TO EXPLORE THE WORLD: Travel Alone and Meet More Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Gil Patchett published his second book recently!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/content.streamhoster.com\/preview\/osom\/Kynthea\/GIL-GIOIA-MOBILE-EXPLORE.mp4?autoPlay=1&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080\">Hear Gil talking about the book<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find it on Amazon:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/READY-EXPLORE-WORLD-Travel-Friends\/dp\/B0C9SHLSWP\">READY TO EXPLORE THE WORLD: Travel Alone and Meet More Friends Paperback \u2013 July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A retired sixty year old research chemist, set out to explore the world alone. Going into the unknown, Gil Patchett discovered that \u2018magic happens\u2019 when one boldly goes forth with an open-heart that brings \u2018chance\u2019 meetings with beautiful people. This is not a book of fiction, it is the honest, unvarnished truth of the unfolding of events during his travels. He was surprised how everywhere he went, he was welcomed as a single traveler. Gil came to wonder what was the magnet that drew people to him during his travels\u2026it seemed that both he and them were hungry to know about each other. The fulness of the experience inspired Gil to share his memoires with the hope it will encourage others to travel alone and explore the wonder of diverse cultures on our vibrant planet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World-204x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World-204x300.png 204w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World-409x600.png 409w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World-82x120.png 82w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World-768x1128.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World-34x50.png 34w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World.png 956w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World-2-205x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World-2-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World-2-409x600.png 409w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World-2-82x120.png 82w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World-2-768x1126.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World-2-34x50.png 34w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ready-to-Explore-the-World-2.png 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Gil Patchett published his second book recently! Hear Gil talking about the book Find it on Amazon: READY TO EXPLORE THE WORLD: Travel Alone and Meet More Friends Paperback \u2013 July 4, 2023 A retired sixty year old research chemist, set out to explore the world alone. Going into the unknown, Gil Patchett [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10232,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10229\/revisions\/10232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}