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Traveling has
always been my passion. From the days of my youth when my family
crowded into a station wagon and drove around the northeastern United
States, to my college summers spent hitch-hiking across the country,
to fourteen months in Alaska after my college graduation, to my
first global sojourn around the world, traveling has and will always
be my greatest love. It is exciting, enthralling and my raison d'etre. Unlike most travelers, the luxury I have is time. Visiting a place for a week or two is wonderful but the impression felt is somewhat fleeting. Visiting a country for one, two or three months enables the traveler to forego a schedule, experience a new culture, to occasionally be a participant rather than simply an observer and leaves indelible memories. The beauty of travel is to venture off the tourist path, to walk the road less traveled and to interact with those who rarely see outsiders. From them, marvelous things are learned and life itself takes on a new perspective. These type of experiences can forever change your life. Indeed, they have changed mine. My father always
asks, "What do you do all day?", knowing the villages
I relish visiting do not have televisions, radios or movie theatres.
What is amazing is that in these remote places the entire day is
filled with incredible activities, countless surprises and wonderful
happenings. To me, it is important to be able to relax, enjoy and
smell the flowers! |
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