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A Good Reason to Travel

Maria — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:24:28 +0000

The most important people on your journey are not those who walk with you but those who make sure that you have arrived.

- African proverb -

Kalahari Desert

Photo published with friendly permission by Thomas Shipley.

A Good Reason to Travel

Maria — Sun, 06 May 2012 23:23:13 +0000

The person who has not travelled widely thinks his or her mother is the only cook (the best cook).

Origin: Ganda (Uganda). Also found in Akamba and Gikuyu (Kenya), Igbo and Yoruba (Nigeria), Haya (Tanzania) and Bemba (Zambia)

Thanks to African Proverbs.

Kalahari Desert

Photo published with friendly permission by Thomas Shipley.

A Good Reason to Travel

Maria — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:12:41 +0000

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

- Jawaharal Nehru -

A Good Reason to Travel

Maria — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:07:08 +0000

Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.

- Frank Herbert -

A Good Reason to Travel

Maria — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:03:38 +0000

You can’t see the whole sky through a bamboo cane.

- Japanese saying -

A Good Reason to Travel

Maria — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:01:33 +0000

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveller only who is foreign.

- Robert Louis Stevenson -

A Good Reason to Travel

Maria — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:59:38 +0000

The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.

- Colette -

A Good Reason to Travel

Maria — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:56:29 +0000

The rewards of the journey far outweigh the risk of leaving the harbor.

- Unknown -

A Good Reason to Travel

Maria — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:53:50 +0000

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

- Marcel Proust -

A Good Reason to Travel

Maria — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:51:22 +0000

The man who goes alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

- Henry David Thoreau -