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11 LESSONS FROM TRAVELING LIGHT

Trains, planes and automobiles. However you go, traveling is a blessing. Seeing the world can change your world. Over the last four decades Jocelyn and I have journeyed in single engine aircraft, sea planes, helicopters, Boeing jetliners, buses, vans, tuk tuks, taxis, horse-drawn carriages, bicycles, ferries, barges and riverboats. We’ve paid bribes at border crossings, been interrogated by armed guards at remote checkpoints, suffered air and sea-sickness, and raced through airports to make our connecting flights. We’ve heard every excuse in the book for flight delays, unfulfilled promises and lost luggage. And we’ve loved every minute of our travels. Well, not every minute but 97.2 % of them (see “lost luggage” above). Travel takeaways have formed our thinking and holiday…
Bob Jones
January 28, 2018