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The Serious Travelers Manifesto: an anti-tourist philospohy

Who are serious travelers?
►serious travelers know that travel is a privilege of a gifted few—to be fully and thoughtfully enjoyed...
►serious travelers make each trip a true adventure of the mind, not just a vacation...
►serious travelers seek out authentic experiences and human interaction...
►serious travelers have been around the block a few times…
►serious travelers get off the beaten path to where few brave to wander...

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Been there. Done that. What's Next? 8 Epic Travel Adventures for 2020
Been there. Done that. What's Next? 8 Epic Travel Adventures for 2020 from the World’s Greatest Travelers  Los Angeles, CA (17 December 2020)  Also known as: The 2020 Travel Bucket List for the Jaded Traveler Getting a kick taking an adventure used to be easy: visit South Atlantic’s remote St Helena, scuba dive Mexico’s underground river Cenote, hike up Mount Etna...
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homo touristicus...Who we are & how we evolved!
The Age of Exploration may have ended long ago, but a new book on the history of travel and tourism will welcome the exploration of all travelconnoisseurs, trip writers, business road warriors, and armchair travelers everywhere. If you’re a serious traveler, you may have always wondered:       • Who took the first Romance Romps? See page 91.  ...
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“Take only memories. Leave nothing but footprints.”
- Chief Seattle (1780-1866)

"A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.”
– Socrates (469-399 BCE)

"People don’t take trips, trips take people.”
- John Steinbeck (1902-1968)

"What’s worse: suffering from homesickness while traveling, or wanderlust when not?"
- William D. Chalmers

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"Twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do, than by the ones you did."
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
 

" Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by ."
- Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
 

"...remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
- Clifton Fadiman (1904-1999)

"Travel, at its best, is a process of continually conquering disbelief. "
- Michael Palin

" If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religions and avoid the people, you might better stay at home."
- James A. Michener (1907-1987)

“He who returns from a journey is not the same as he who left.”
- Chinese proverb

“Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.”
- Peter Høeg

“If you seek knowledge, go to the spring, not the fountain.”
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

“Don’t tell me how educated you are—tell me how much you have traveled.”
– Mohammed (570-632)

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
- Helen Keller (1880-1968)

“The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.”
- Joseph Campbell (1904-1987)

“Half the fun of travel is the esthetic of lostness.”
- Ray Bradbury

“Travel has never been so urgent, even necessary, as it is today.”
- Pico Iyer

"Traveling is like flirting with life.”
– Lisa St Aubin de Terán

“I travel to discover other states of mind.”
- V.S. Naipaul