Veley

Veley recommends renting a bicycle at Wilson's Hire Service (011-61/2-6563-2045, bikes from $5 a day), picking up lunch at Thompsons General Store (011-61/2-6563-2155, wraps from $6.75), and circling the island.

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RECOMMENDED BY Charles Veley, founder of most traveledpeople.com.

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The rescue came when Smith, an ROTC student, was setting out on a warm-up run at 5:30 a.m. with two other ROTC students, Trevor Block of Whitworth University and Thomas Veley of Gonzaga.

The Seattle Times 2011

Block and Veley threw down their jackets and a nearby resident went to get a blanket.

The Seattle Times 2011

Charles Veley likes Lord Howe Island so much that he's been there twice.

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"The swell is 7 metres, maybe," Veley recalls, "and the rock has sheer sides all round with powerful eddies beneath them."

Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk Tim Adams 2010

Veley and his fellow travellers circled the rock for half a day, waiting for a change in the sea.

Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk Tim Adams 2010

For a few years after that Veley averaged around 100 countries per year.

Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk Tim Adams 2010

Veley, who slips easily in and out of German, has stories for both Iris and Herr Westerhaus; he has been to all the places they have been.

Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk Tim Adams 2010

Veley asked for proof of some of her exploits and she immediately removed herself.

Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk Tim Adams 2010