I Wish for A Bit of Adventure

“I wish sometimes that there was still a bit of adventure in the world. That wandering the world and the nations within it was both less dangerous from threat of war or terror and yet risky in that you were facing the unknown and the elements. To step onto a boat knowing that you took your life in your hands just for the chance to see a minaret or the pyramids or the rising temple in the distance. Knowing that you were going where few dared to tred. In a place that would take months to reach. Seeing things that others only dreamed of. To know that you were setting off into a world neither micromanaged nor constantly watched and guarded and known.  To be unknown in a world that was unknown.  Perhaps it is simply the romantic novels speaking or the spirit in me that was raised on stories of the great explorers of old. But it feels as though so much of the world is either politically frightening or simply has been seen a million times by a million eyes and photographs. They say that with globalization, the world continually shrinks. I feel that is true, and tragic in some way. There is something glorious in the idea of a very large world. One that has unknown possibilities and potential and newness to it. One that is too large to lay out on a computer screen and cannot be summarized in a geography book. Yes, although coming together is a wonderful thing and a miracle of our time, I wish sometimes that there was still a bit of adventure in the world.” 

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Leave Propaganda, Find the Truth

“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley

To Travel is to Leave Your Old Self Behind

“I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.”

~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Nothing Beats Stepping Off the Plane on the Homeland Again

“Oh, London is a man’s town, there’s power in the air;
And Paris is a woman’s town, with flowers in her hair;
And it’s sweet to dream in Venice, and it’s great to study Rome;
But when it comes to living, there is no place like home.”

**Henry Van Dyke

Wandering Waifs

“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city”

**Roman Payne

Seoul Just Speaks to My Heart!

“Cities were always like people, showing their varying personalities to the traveler. Depending on the city and on the traveler, there might begin a mutual love, or dislike, friendship, or enmity. Where one city will rise a certain individual to glory, it will destroy another who is not suited to its personality. Only through travel can we know where we belong or not, where we are loved and where we are rejected.”

~ Roman Payne

The Best Kind of Roadtrip

“Switzerland” by Robin Halioua

 “I just went off for two months traveling around Europe on a motorcycle and pretty much turned my phone off. I did 5,000 miles with my dad. We went through Holland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Italy… and then I did Spain and France by myself.”

~ Michael Fassbender

The Voice of a Nation

“Swellendam Lake, South Africa” by Mad-Margaret

“South Africa never leaves one indifferent. Its history, its population, its landscapes and cultures – all speak to the visitor, to the student, to the friend of Africa.”

~ Tariq Ramadan

Why I Still Travel

“Walk in the Park” by Olivia Blessing Photography

Still round the corner there may wait,

A new road or a secret gate.
**J.R.R. Tolkein

Even the Little Ones

Adventure is worthwhile.

**Aesop