Tag: Travel changes you
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Travel changes a person
At a seminar I recently attended, each new speaker introduced themselves by way of what they called PechaKucha. Since the organization had so many unique words of their own creation, I assumed this was an invented practice. But, it turns out that is not the case. “PechaKucha is a real thing”, one presenter told me. …
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The true cost of water?
As we left behind the water crisis in Cape Town, it was with a sigh of relief. Phew. We have done our time conserving water, getting down to our allotted 50L per person per day. Which is not much water. Our landlord told us that other tenants were getting down to 35L per person per…
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I like being first at the gate
For some people being first at the gate means you have arrived super early and will suffer a long wait for your flight. True. But there is something nice about sitting in the quiet area of the airport with no one else around, yet. Possibly, if it is a full flight, the whole waiting area…
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Giving up almost everything I know for sure, to travel the world
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. -Lao Tzu As we near the end of 2017, here are some of the highlights, the steps we have taken leading us to our Christmas…