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Inheriting The Travel Bug: Roots Of A Wandering Spirit.
Do we catch the travel bug from our environment, or do we inherit it through our genes? Let’s discuss.
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Travel Thoughts
Home is Wherever You Make It: Returning Home After Three Years in Erbil
As the plane engine started toward home, a baby wailed. My eyes were heavy and blurry, but I held back the tears. Forcing against the hot air outside, the plane rattled and shook to match the chaos in my mind; sad to leave, excited to visit family and friends, scared to move on, relieved to
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Impenetrable Joy: Life in a Nepali Village
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The Solo Travel Mindset: Freedom and Focus
If are already into solo travel, you could probably give me a long list of why you love it. But if you could pick your number 1 reason why you choose to go on solo trips, what would that be? My answer: Freedom. There’s only one problem though: Having the freedom to do as you
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Can Adopting A Traveler Mindset Make Us More Receptive?
Today I’m going to talk about how our thought process changes while we explore the world—the traveler mindset. Exploring a new place after flying hundreds (or thousands!) of miles is exciting. New sights, new landscapes, new people, new food, new smells—we are filled with wonder as we explore. As we wander with excitement, locals pass
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Is The Travel Experience Fading Behind The Lens?
No one plans a trip hoping they will have a bad travel experience. We avoid things like theft by using special wallets, and we might take preventive prescriptions to avoid stomach bugs. But do we ever think about how we might maximize the joy and memories of our travel experience? What’s one item that you
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Nature as the New Sacred: Can Landscapes Replace Religion?
I am back again with another Travel Thoughts blog, this time focusing on natural landscapes that most of us travel for! The past few weeks we have discussed topics such as simplicity vs poverty, craving culture shock, and last week (which relates to today) the power of nature. Today I am going to focus on the attraction to
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Can Nature Travel Offer the Mental Escape We Need?
Today I’m focusing on nature travel and how it provides us with mental escapes long after we depart from the beautiful landscape. To help discuss this topic I will be sharing some excerpts from The Art of Travel (Alain de Botton, 2002) which I also referenced in my last post. Remember if you prefer to listen
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Why Culture Shock Draws Us In—and How To Embrace It Respectfully
I’m back with another blog of travel thoughts, and I’m here to share some more book excerpts from two books and how they relate to the concept of culture shock. The first, is Full Tilt (1965), by Dervla Murphy (which I talk about in last week’s blog). The second is The Art of Travel (2002) by
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The Culture of Simplicity: Lessons from Full Tilt on Western Values
Today’s focus is on alternate views of what many people deem ‘poor’ and what that may look like in another culture, as well as some views on what the best version of mankind looks like. If you prefer to listen instead of read, you can check out my Youtube channel! Make sure to get my two FREE
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