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Why travel?
To notice different aspects of culture and
wonder what other ways to live are out there
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For those not from the USA - everything is bigger in America. A stretched Ford Excursion in Long Beach, CA USA (Los Angeles area) |
Check out those gas station attendants! |
Huangshan
(Yellow Mountains) -China |
The gray object on the right side of the bike path in between the bicycles is a men's urinal right out in the open. Yeah! Amsterdam, Netherlands. And you thought Amsterdam was only about smoking pot and the Red Light District. |
...to check out some of man's handiwork
Titan
Missle Museum (Near Tucson, AZ, USA) |
Very
Large Array - National
Radio Astronomy Observatory
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New Summer Palace artwork - (Near Beijing, China) |
Public Waterworks building (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
...to admire nature's gifts.
Iguacu
Falls - Brazilian side |
Perito
Moreno Glacier - Southern Chile |
Big Sur coast - California,USA |
Kata-Tjuta - Near Ayers Rock, Australia. Looks like
a painting. Just a photo. |
Kids in Nepal |
Morning Buddhist monk begging ritual |
and discover your own spirituality. Learn about other religions, and natural history.
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. |
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
Trying familiar foods in new packaging is fun.
A screw top aluminum Coke can. |
Or something new, like Swedish pancakes with
new friends in |
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
Visit monuments such as massive Borobudur |
or the famous Taj Mahal in Agra, India |
Future
Dream about the future. (2003 Osaka Motorshow) |
or this one from Suzuki |
Present
Petronas Towers |
Not long ago, it was farmland. Pudong area. Manufacturing
powerhouse. |
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.