“Stripped of your ordinary surroundings, your friends, your daily routines, your refrigerator full of food, your closet full of clothes – with all this taken away, you are forced into direct experience. Such direct experience inevitably makes you aware of who it is that is having the experience. That’s not always comfortable, but it is [...]

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A real place of rest- that’s what some restrooms are. These are rarely found in China. But tucked away in the middle of a forest of evergreen trees that look like a scene out of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is one of the best toilets ever. It even has a receiving area where there are [...]

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“Strange travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God.” – KURT VONNEGUT Most people say they can’t travel because they don’t have the money. In fact, they do, they simply choose to spend it on other things. Travelling doesn’t have to be expensive. Using too much of it actually gets in the way of travel because [...]

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