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Abby Rebello blogs at TheWingedFork chronicling her quirky and crazy adventures in travel and food. She can’t travel as often as she wants to, but she makes time to travel as often as possible. She’s traveled across parts of Europe and Asia, and loves writing about her experiences with people and cultures. Her favorite things are nice rainy days, the smell of cakes in the oven, playing in the snow, glasses of wine and dark chocolate. Follow Abby on: Twitter Facebook Instagram

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Sarah Beaumont is a dancer turned financial analyst turned nomad who has been traveling solo for more than fifteen years. From two-week teasers to 26-months-and-counting adventures, she has visited more than 60 countries across six continents on her own. From classical dancing in Chinese city parks to head jerking in Ethiopian town squares to swing dancing at Australian arts festivals, Sarah's specialty is finding and joining dance parties around the world. Check out her travels at OkWorldLetsDance.com, and her interactive Google Map with places where she has Arabesque'd below.

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Christopher Warner is an actor and freelance writer, and has written for several websites and national magazines, including World War Two Quarterly, America in WWII, and Portland Monthly. Warner splits his time between Portland, Oregon and Glenbeigh, Ireland. Check out his profile at IMDB.

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Ben Reeve is the blogger behind TheSabbaticalGuide.com, a site designed to give people the information, tools and inspiration they need to make their sabbatical dreams a reality. He caught the bug for travel at an early age when his dad moved out to South Africa, and now builds regular ‘mini-retirements’ into his career, in which he sees the world with his wife Becca. Twitter: @SabbaticalGuide Facebook: @TheSabbaticalGuide

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Craig Wright is an Operations Manager at Traveller Assist, a travel risk management and medical assistance company who specialise in Central & South America, and Nepal. In a career spanning 25-years, Craig has held several key roles which have included being a special risks underwriter where he was responsible for kidnap, ransom, extortion, hijacking and piracy. He has also operated on high risk security teams with the BBC and CNN in the Middle East and Africa, and worked for the United Nations at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Craig started his career as an officer in the British Army where he served for 10-years on counter-terrorism and counter-narcotics operations around the world.

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World explorer, outdoor enthusiast, blogger & travel Instagrammer! Anna enjoys the minimalist lifestyle, travels only with carry on, a smile on her face and inquisitive mind. Creativity, inspiration, and travel are what lights her fire. When not geeking out over travel, you will likely find her geeking out over photography, writing, hiking or pretending to sing! Find her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram @AnnaSherchand, or her website.

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A senior writer at Day Translations, Bernadine Racoma has extensive experience as a well-traveled international civil servant for 22 years, she writes to inform and engage everyone who shares the idea that the Internet is a useful platform for knowledge sharing, communication, and entertainment. Find her on Twitter @DineRacoma. You can find Bernadine Racoma at Google Plus, on Facebook and Twitter.

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Katy Zweifel got her first taste of long-term travel while studying abroad in Spain during college. After getting a high school teaching job, she left the day after classes got out for the summer to walk a 500-mile stretch of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, and didn't return until the day before classes started in the fall. Since that first trip, she has spent every summer abroad or teaching international students - laying the foundation for a career of introducing others to travel - the best teacher there is. Find her on Instagram @theindiepilgrim.

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My name is Perry Thompson. I'm from California but I've been a nomad since 2009, traveling to over 50 countries always in search of adventure. Jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down to ensure a smooth yet interesting landing. Find me at PerryTOnline.com or on Twitter @pthompson650.

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Derek has been traveling full time as a digital nomad since 2014, studying digital nomads and entrepreneurship in dozens of countries around the world. That research and the Art of Adventure podcast led Derek to write Superconductors: Revolutionize your career and make big things happen.

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