reflections on exploration

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on Exploration

Reflections on Exploration

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Disclaimer

I am not expert traveler.Really not an expert in anything.

Quite Knowledgeable.Street Cred.

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The First step Passion for learning,

meeting people and just being god damn crazy.

Don’t touch my tweet. whereintheworldisjam.com My life is so crazy that I

can’t believe it.-Secondary LAX

Loads of mistakes! Try. Try. Try.

Far from good and good from far.

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Heroes

That inspired me to travel:

"How much better has all this been than longing in too great comfort at home"Robert Falcon ScottDied South Pole Circle, 1912

Bimal Dey – disguised as silent monkand did the last pilgrimage in Tibet.Pedal Power

"I am interested above all in the character who is capable ofsacrificing himself and his way of life...It is often absurbed andimpractical. And yet or indeed for that very reason the man who actsin this way brings about fundamental change in people's lives and inthe course of history."

Andrey Tarkosvy on Antoli Boukreev

And many many others…that I meet along the road…Andy

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Sir Ernest Shackleton

“….defines heroism”Time

"MEN WANTED FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. SMALL WAGES, BITTER COLD, LONG MONTHS OF COMPLETE DARKNESS, CONSTANT DANGER, SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL. HONOR AND RECOGNITION IN CASE OF SUCCESS."

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Maurice WilsonOne crazy mother trucker.

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Steve Jobs Sold his jeans for a lungi – went off searching for a Guru.

Didn’t find enlightment.

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My Dad.One of my main heroes.

Scholarship

Originally hippie

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SimplifyPack light

Think Light

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Super SlowTime = Fun

Camel Shennigans

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Close to homeHitchhiking across Canada

Backyard or a walk down the street

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Read I heart books.

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Incredible India

Challenge

No guidebook – the fun is in the travel itself meeting people, getting lost and finding those gems.

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MoroccoFearFunFoto

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TobagoTech Fast

Traveling is about the journey not about destination.

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Tibet + NepalLearn the language and spend a lot of time just

mingling with locals.Tibet “Chang….”

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Southport, EnglandSometimes 3 days is never enough…

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TorontoMy home for 11 years. I think about it everyday.

…at the end of our exploration will be to arrive where we started and know this place for the first time” T.S. Eliot.

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