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We rely on helicopters just to safely get around Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. Waiting for my ride back to Kabul

We shall not cease from exploration, / and the end of all our exploring / will be to arrive where we started / and know the place for the first time.” T. S. Eliot, The Wasteland Norway is Alaska with Balls! On Top of The World 71°10′21″ These are words that at 20 years, the Old Age of Youth, I could only accept on blind faith; having no travel or life  experience yet to prove them true.  Home, in fact, was/is a place you want to leave ASAP, and set out on a new course.  There is something innately human about exploring. The need to break free and sail away is, in fact,  ancient, enduring and incessant. Voyages trigger a concept called psychological distance: Something about the experience of leaving your place creates a shock and awe, a pathway into a new perspective that floods the brain with ideas. Neurons that wire together fire together. Now that I have my dreamer-pilots license , I am sure I'll be "flying" again. ...

Taking a moment to PAWS and reflect Good guys in Badlands. These hounds follow those who feed them Every great story seems to begin with a snake. Our morning hikers spotted a cobra. Charmed  to meet him, I am sure.  These serpents  come out early in the morning and late at night, so the risk assessment says go out in the afternoons to lower the impact of meeting up with these cold-blooded hazards. The snake in most South East Asian cultures is positive. Even the most poisonous thing, in India, the cobra, is a sacred animal. It embodies the power of life, because the snake sheds its skin. If I meet up with one, however, I'd consider it a sign of good luck...and run as fast as I could away from it. I'm just glad to see so many dogs and watching these dogs be dogs is so funny. I can say any thing whatsoever  to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, ‘Wow, you’re right! I never would’ve thought of that!" They are  truly man's best fr...

 Coming  home to a place I've never been before.   It's Fee-Gee (Fiji) Cue John Denver's Sunshine On My Shoulders.  You can't get any further away before you start coming back.Imagine sailing across the blue waters of the South Pacific, passing by idylic islands, teeming with exotic fish and majestic coral reefs--Oh wait I don't have to use my imagination because what you see is what you get. Bula. Click links: On Fiji Islands-Suva-PineApple Express Ah Suva!, from sea you  looks  so promising, despite the oil slick...but in town, it looks like paradise has  committed suicide. I thought cyclone season was over.   This is like if that Biggie Smalls rapper met the Afghan Kush,and they had a baby. Fiji-Dravuni- Another Day Another Island-Escape To Reality Fiji has over 300 islands- I have seen about 25 so far this trip. I'm concerned that "the wow factor" no longer applies. Yet if I take an imaginary a ride down Southern Ca...