Friends of Rafal

"Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living." Miriam Beard

"...Dies slowly he who does not travel, ...who transforms himself into the slave of habits, repeating every day the same itineraries..."

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page - St. Augustine

Be a traveller

Next trip to Armenia - in May. Then, Germany in June and, if all goes well, Siberia, Lake Baikal, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan - in August.

You'll be a long time dead! Enjoy travel NOW.

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).

Adlai E. Stevenson - "He who slings mud generally loses ground."

The Lord will shield your going out and your coming in...

Profile picture: October 2007, Mahdia, Tunisia

This is a wonderful system.

My contribution is to share my experience; I am neither a photographer nor a journalist. I enjoy learning from the contibution of others & the fact that people share their info really rocks!

Don't dream your life... live your dreams !

2008 Olympics: Travel and sport are the the best peacemaking tools ever discovered. Disregard temporary political and religious disputes. Let the games begin!

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!

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein