rangutan
Munich, Germany
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2008 Olympics: Travel and sport are the the best peacemaking tools ever discovered. Disregard temporary political and religious disputes. Let the games begin!
Profile pic: March 2008. On the Camino to Santiago, as a pilgrim, on foot. I am in Getaria (Euskadi), with Juan Sebastian Elcano, the first man on earth to circumnavigate the world (Magellan died in Mactan Island in the hands of a local chief).
"In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion" Lord Robert Runcie (1921-2000) Former Archbishop of Canterbury.
Next trip to Andalusia, Iran, followed by Armenia - both in May. Then Germany and, if all goes well, Siberia, Lake Baikal, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan - in August.
Traveling allows me to explore my bohemian self, which rarely gets let out of the box. I wish I could do it more often, but when I do, I want it to be full of new experiences!