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“Travel and travellers are two things I loathe — and yet here I am..." -- Claude Lévi Strauss (1955)

The paradox of travel explored brilliantly.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/magazine/what-we-see-when-we-look-at-travel-photography.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-1&action=click&contentCollection=Magazine®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article

What We See When We Look at Travel Photography On the visual — and psychological — contradictions of pictures from the road.

Sometimes you forget that the chaos of civilisation isn't everything, or everywhere.

Here's a beautiful reminder:

"It's a particularly odd thing to contemplate at a time when environmental concerns have never been greater. In the cockpit, at night, up-shining cities are among my favorite sights. But over most of the world, sailing under the dome of stars, we see only the occasional light below us, if we see any at all."



http://www.vox.com/2016/5/2/11520288/pilot-airplane-photos

I fly 747s for a living. Here are the amazing things I see every day. When I started flying long routes regularly, my intuitive sense of the planet changed completely.

"Before I went to see him, I knew I loved getting wet.

I knew I loved going deep and I knew the deeper I went, the better it felt.

To get there though, I needed to suck… suck… and blow."

Actually, no, this isn't what you think it is... as Khai says, it's much, much better!

This is something most of us have never tried. And those that have, never stop raving about it. What is it?

Get the full experience here:

http://www.yeity.com/features/the-science-of-a-silent-world

Where the Water Takes Me When I swiped right on Kevin Henry two years ago, little did I know how much that one match amidst the thousands of random faces would change my life.

Is that a ship? A sub?

NON! It's a CHURCH!

Straight up, Norway has some of the weirdest holy sites, like this one-- a Cathedral designed in honour of the northern lights.

DID YOU KNOW: The most northern Church in the world is located on a Norwegian Archipelago really, really far away from anything. Why go there? Well, according to a certain Stewart on TripAdvisor, they have "nice coffee and crackers for guests". Anything to get people up there, really.

Wallpaper for the intrepid traveler - yay or nay?

May the 4th be with you!