Lee Abbamonte
Try to become the youngest person to travel to every country in the world
PassportVisasExpress.com
By Lee | 
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I just wanted to write my sincere thanks once again to the awesome people at PassportVisasExpress.com as they have once again come through and landed me 14 visas to travel to West Africa with over the Winter. They were very knowledgeable, helpful, fairly priced and communicated extremely well. I want to especially thank Sapto Pradonggo for his great work and even better communication with me as I tend to get nervous without my passport in my hands at all times. I highly recommend them for anyone who needs visas and hasn’t an embassy near them or the time to get them themselves. I look forward to using them again soon for Algeria and Libya.
New York Times Article
By Lee | 18 Comments » 
I was recently interviewed by noted travel writer, Rolf Potts, who was writing an article about Charles Veley, the man who’s record I am attempting to break. The article was posted on the New York Times website this morning, click here. My quotes are on page 6 of the story. Additionally, the actual hard copy will be available in the Sunday Times in the travel magazine insert tomorrow if you do not have a subscription. I am very excited to be included in this story in my favorite hometown paper and am looking forward to my upcoming extensive travels to South America and West Africa to inch closer to the record.
Seven Years Later
By Lee | No Comments » 
Seven years ago today was one of the worst days of my life and the worst day in the history of America. For everyone, but especially for those of us who worked in the World Trade Center or knew anyone who passed away on September 11, 2001; today is always a difficult day to get through. For me, it is extremely important to always remember my good friends and countless former colleagues who did die that horrible morning and be extremely thankful for those who are still with us, including one of my best friends. To my man Sterg-I miss you brother, Monique, Billy-the Cubs may actually have a shot this year, Lynn, my eSpeed/Cantor corporate development team, the incredibly brave FDNY, NYPD and everyone else who passed away: you guys are always in my thoughts and will never be forgotten-your spirit lives on forever and touches me each day.
I Don’t Speak Starbucksese
By Lee | 11 Comments » 
I am not a coffee drinker and never have been. However, I did discover a drink recently at Starbucks that I kind of like and if I have an early meeting or something I will stop and grab a $4.82 “Venti Skim Iced Caramel Macchiato”. Now that’s quite a mouthful. I feel like a complete imbecile saying all of that stuff at the counter especially when I don’t know what a Macchiato is and why they just can’t accept that I just want to say large instead of venti, in addition to the fact that I don’t understand why tall is small and grande is medium when it actually means large. This to me is stupid, but that’s not all.
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Shaq Freestyling
By Lee | 8 Comments » 
I am almost embarrassed to be writing about this and I know it’s kind of random but I can no longer take hearing about and seeing the video and the reactions from people. For those of you who may not have heard or seen Shaquille O’Neal’s (NBA basketball player for Phoenix Suns) freestyle rap tirade the other night where he basically makes fun of Kobe Bryant (NBA basketball player for Los Angles Lakers), it was a dispicable display of low class behavior played out all over the Internet. Shaq basically makes fun of everything that he possibly could about Kobe when he is not even there and for really no reason. But that isn’t what bothers me.
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The Sad State of American Politics
By Lee | 3 Comments » 
Sitting on my couch last night flicking around the TV, I couldn’t help but stop on CNN to watch Hillary Clinton’s speech last night after Barack Obama clinched the nomination. I follow politics very closely, both abroad and at home, and in full disclosure-I actually attended a Hillary fundraiser last year in New York. For the record, it wasn’t because I really support her but moreso because I wanted to see what political fundraisers were like. Lets put it this way, I will never be attending another one and last night I was reminded why.
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Royal Geographical Society
By Lee | 5 Comments » 
I am very proud to write that I have been approved and elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in London, UK. The Royal Geographical Society is the leading world center for geographical learning - supporting education, teaching, research and scientific expeditions, as well as promoting public understanding and enjoyment of geography. It is also a member of the Science Council. The society has merged with the Institute of British Geographers and is properly known as the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).
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Fuerzabruta
By Lee | 1 Comment » 
I am not much for shows, Broadway or not, but recently I checked out the Argentinian show Fuerzabruta from the creators of the previous hit De La Guarda. It was awesome. It was actually perfect. It was only an hour long. It was really fun, cool and there was no talking. You and the rest of the audience stand the whole time and are in awe as the acrobatic actors fly around or slip and slide above you. There was no break, fun-upbeat music and really good acting. It was really enjoyable and it was a real party atmosphere.
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Random Stuff…
By Lee | 2 Comments » 
I am exhausted today and can’t really think of anything good travel related to write about so I thought I would share a bunch of things on my mind, some funny, some serious and some having nothing to do with anything.
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MTV Casting Call
By Lee | 6 Comments » 
This is my first ever public service (or disservice) announcement on this site but my sister Alix works for MTV and they are looking for people who fit the following bill to be on an MTV show. If you are interested or know somebody who fits the bill then please respond to the email address in the casting call. Thanks.
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