Why Travel?
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...to meet new people
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Kids in Nepal |
Morning Buddhist monk begging ritual |
and discover your own spirituality. Learn about other religions, and natural history.
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Meet fellow seekers on the road of life, like this group of men from India in Nepal on the Annapurna trail. |
Ponder many of the world's religions -Major
and Minor. |
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Walk amongst the oldest living trees / plants. Bristlecone pines.
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Ponder the oldest (3.5 billion years!) known living organisms in world - Stromatolites. Rocks that BREATHE! NW Australia |
...try new food and drink
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Trying familiar foods in new packaging is fun.
A screw top aluminum Coke can. |
Or something new, like Swedish pancakes with
new friends in |
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An exquisite meal at the Grand Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka |
I have my limits though. American Hot Dogs in a can? I'll pass. Nepal |
Learn new skills
Thai cooking school in Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
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Study Human History - Past & Future & Present
Past
Thousand+ year old Aboriginal rock art in Arnhem Land, Australia
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Visit monuments such as massive Borobudur |
or the famous Taj Mahal in Agra, India |
Future
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Dream about the future. (2003 Osaka Motorshow) Watch this cool video!
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New concept car from Toyota or this one from Suzuki |
Present
[The world is changing fast....to say I understand it would be wrong. To say I have a better grasp, would be true.]
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Petronas Towers |
Not long ago, it was farmland. Pudong area. Manufacturing
powerhouse. |
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High natural resource prices are pumping enormous
sums of |
Service outsourcing powerhouse - changing
the business landscape |
and those are just a few of the reasons to travel.
Your turn now
Do you know you're living in a Circus? Check it out for yourself.. Plenty of seats!
While you do that --
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I'll have a cup of tea. Ehh...not like this
though |
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ahhh....much better. |
Still haven't gone yet?