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See the World for Free

The idea here is to TRAVEL THE WORLD regardless of time or budget. It dawned on me one day that even if I had unlimited time and money (which I definitley do not), I still couldn't see everything in the world that I'd like to see--I'm simply not going to live long enough to do it.

But I had a bit of brain wave and soon after the travel envelope was born. This is an actual physical envelope. I typed the name of every country in the world, plus every state in the US on little slips of paper which I then put into the envelope. In the beginning we (myself, my husband, Dave and daugher Catherine) would draw out a slip at random at the beginning of the month and that's where we would go---at least in our minds. We grab some books about the country from the library and put them in our bathroom to look at. We also check out some videos about the country if any. We check it out on googleearth, listen to the music, try the food, maybe even attempt to learn a dance or celebrate a festival.

After the first two years we discovered that even virtual traveling can be tiring, so we travel now whenever I happen to be in the mood.

It's great fun. I especially love it when people I meet have been to the place I'm "visiting" in real life, or get excited and have some virtual adventures of their own. I hope that anyone who comes across this blog will feel welcome to come with us on the trip!



You have a standing reservation to see it all!

Jul 5, 2012

Xiphias Gladius

Sail fishing is a big draw in Seychelles, but I mention it here mostly because I have a story. For 6 weeks I worked with extremely mentally handicapped adults. One of the stations was about reading, even though reading was well beyond most of them. among the supplies were some very basic coloring pages--A is for Apple, B is for Ball and so on--all normal, until we got to the letter X. X was not for X-ray or Xylophone, Nope. X was for Xiphias Gladius! What the heck? I had to go home and look it up! It's a kind of swordfish. Come to Seychelles and check them out.
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Jul 3, 2012

Seychelles

What a relief!! We were just in virtual Somalia where no one in their right minds would go---at least not at this time. Seychelles which is off the coast of Africa, northeast of Madagascar, looks like pure paradise and it has the travel industry hype to prove it. It's relatively close to Somalia so I think that some billionaire should set up a fund for Somalian people---anyone who has lived in Somalia for more than say, two years NEEDS a trip to paradise and the Seychelles islands (there are 115) would be an excellent choice.
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