Before he saw Queen Elizabeth, before he privately toured the King Tutankhamun tomb, before he took five around-the-world trips and before he visited more than 100 of our world’s great nations, Scott Kinney was just a Georgia boy who had never been outside the immediate South. Now, 30 years later, the 63-year-old Gainesville native and current Talmo County resident has a long history of sharing his love of globetrotting with thousands of would-be adventurers. For the past three decades, Kinney worked on cruise ships as a shore excursions director, which allowed him to guide passengers on his ships to faraway and exotic locales, such as the Great Pyramids, Stonehenge, the Sydney Opera House and much more.