Good morning, Larry, and a hearty welcome to Go-Lo! It's great to have you with us -- and we think you'll find our site productive as well as interesting and enjoyable.

To get the most out of it, you may want to take a few minutes to join several other of our many groups which you might find of particular interest, such as Media Only, California, Philippines, South Africa, Botswana, our Spanish language/culture club, and plenty of others covering many topics and most destinations throughout the Africa, Europe, the Pacific, and the rest of the world.

FYI, on your profile you'll see a blue bar marked "Text Box," which you can turn into a box containing not just text but also photos and even videos about yourself, your interests, your travels, and your writing/outlets.

Finally, if you would, please be so kind as to spread the word among your travel-interested friends, family, colleagues, and guests. It's fast and easy to use our "INVITE" function above left on the navigation bar to enter e-mails (even your whole list at once!). Naturally we'd be grateful if you have occasion to cover Go-Lo in any of your outlets, and we invite you to blog for us, as well (guidelines available upon request).

Larry, we wish you a great rest of 2009 and look forward to hearing more from you...!