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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
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Titan
Missle Museum (Near Tucson, AZ, USA) |
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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.
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Iguacu
Falls - Brazilian side |
Perito
Moreno Glacier - Southern Chile |
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Big Sur coast - California,USA |
Kata-Tjuta - Near Ayers Rock, Australia. Looks like
a painting. Just a photo. |
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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
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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) |
or this one from Suzuki |
Present
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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.