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About Rising Road ToursSamuel L. Couch (Sam) is your tour guide, host, and owner of Rising Road Tours. Sam has spent much of his life traveling the world, and has traveled throughout Ireland at least once every year for the past twenty years. His first-hand experience and knowledge of the Emerald Isle is what makes his Ireland tours special.
His first international adventure was as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal during the early 1970's. This experience began a journey that led Couch to study and visit world cultures and instilled the desire to share these remarkable experiences with others. On the academic front, he holds degrees in theatre (B. A.), humanities (M. A.), and cultural geography (Ph.D.). Other academic pursuits led to post-graduate studies in historical archaeology, comparative anthropology, and geographic education. Couch serves on the board of Fill the Gaps, a philanthropic organization he helped found to bring relief and establish self-sufficiency among Sri Lankan people whose lives were devastated by the December 26, 2004 tsunami. This venture was the outgrowth of tsunami-relief work Couch conducted during February 2005. In addition, Dr. Couch has traveled extensively in Asia, Europe, and throughout the fifty United States. His hope is to share awareness of other cultures so that all of us can achieve a level of understanding and knowledge that allows each of us to become better-informed citizens of the world. Rising Road Tours 28 Newfound Street, Canton, North Carolina 28716 USA Home | About Us | Custom Tours | Testimonials | Articles | Links | Booking & Pricing | Contact Us TOUR DETAILS: A Taste of Ireland | Historic Ireland | Into the West | Saints & Giants | Christmas
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