“We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.” ~ John Hope Franklin ... Read more »
Travel Quote Tuesday | John Steinbeck
“Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.” ~ John Steinbeck ... Read more »
Travel Quote Tuesday | Share My Wildlife With Me
“If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love.” ~ Steve Irwin ... Read more »
Travel Quote Tuesday | The Age Of Mass Space Travel
“Is there any possibility of giving international air travel, which we all need and use and hate, a touch of glamour, or even of reliable, soulless efficiency? ... Read more »
Travel Quote Tuesday | Preparation
“As with most things in life, what you get out of a trip is equal only to what you put into it. Learning about a place is part of the excitement of travel. Without prior preparation your experience is diminished because you miss the significance of what you are seeing and doing.” ~ Barrie Kerper ... Read more »
Travel Quote Tuesday | Don’t Indulge in Vain Wishes
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don’t let yourself indulge in vain wishes.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore I think all of us have a few daydreams that take the form of fantasies or wistful dreams rather than actual life goals. Some of mine include time travel and instantaneous teleportation, bionic ... Read more »
Travel Quote Tuesday | Machu Picchu
“It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu, for instance, seem to demand silence, like a love affair you can never talk about. For a while after, you fumble for words, trying vainly to assemble a private narrative, an explanation, a comfortable way to frame where you’ve ... Read more »
Travel Quote Tuesday | Catching Inspiration
“We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.” ~ Maria Mitchell This photograph taken in Lebanon feels like a good choice for this quote about ... Read more »
Travel Quote Tuesday | Where Are You Going?
“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” ~ George Harrison Often mis-attributed to Lewis Caroll’s Alice in Wonderland books, this quote is actually from a George Harrison song, “Any Road”, albeit inspired by a scene in which Alice asks the Cheshire Cat for directions: “Would you tell me, please, which ... Read more »
Travel Quote Tuesday | Go Anywhere On Earth
“I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can go anywhere on earth. Then I ask myself the same question.” ~ Harun Yahya I love this thought, the pondering of why, when we are so readily able to move, to travel, we stay in the same place. Of course, it’s an ... Read more »