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few thoughts about travelling *

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The following are just a few quotes from one my favorite author which I am absolutely agree with. Think about that:

"Traveling is not always a question of money, but of courage..."

"To travel is the experience of ceasing to be the person you are trying to be, and becoming the person you really are..."

"Traveling is sacred..."

huh?

I'd say travelling is my life. I have no home. I move on through life's time as through world's space - or opposite, or both?

from country to country, from culture to culture, from ppl to ppl...

one can say I'm not actual traveller, coz I do not visit places but rather live there, with those ppl, sharing with them their life and breath air. u know - it is completely different to visit as a tourist and to live there, spend some time.

but sooner or later have to move on to another destination, with mixed feelings of sadness of missing last country and everything u've found dear to ur heart there yet at the same time excitment and impassionate anticipation of meeting next, new one.

my fate keeps me moving so.

life is amazingly short! can be calculated in numbers of visas for each country u live some time in - isn't it odd?

pls try to remember one thing or at least think about it at least once:

no matter how extensive ur travells might be, u can never escape urself. so don't even try to fill the gap in ur heart with sites seen in different countries if it is empty. may be better take a trip there first and see beauty of ur inner country and meet its resident - u - and learn to live there with urself. trust me - it's most worth visiting! then u can go to any place in the world...

My news update - August 15th 2005 *

rest in the middle of busy road

First trip to Janwad (district) Nan to "meet the parents", yeah...

Nan is nice small town, quite and peacefull. it does have ADSL internet though - at least for me it is a big plus.

eating a lot of local Longan fruit as well as Pamello from my g/f garden, biking around, snaping photos, visiting whatever few local attractions. in other words - preparing new travel page about Nan.

yeah, flood around here. but not as bad as in Chiang Mai, where reportedly some people died and more injured.

NEW ! Orhids nursery ! *

Famous Thai Vanda Orchids

yesterday I've payed visit to one of neighbours, Mr. Piyavit Chindavat, the owner of Orchid nursery. I've got many nice photos and even a small story!

MERRY Thai New Year - Songkran! *

Songkran in Bangkok

check out my merely few days fresh (and still wet !) travelogues about water festival Songkran 2003 on my Thailand travel page !

trip to Koh Samed island

beach on the Koh Samed

on the last day of Songkran festival we went to Koh Samed - some pictures are also there on my Thailand page

"lucky strike"

lizard

this lizard allowed me to approach it quite close....

some more photos of nature from National Park Koh Samed are coming too !

Sakura season in Japan

blossoming cherry trees

check out my photos about famous Sakura season !

flower collection grows

some nice flowers on the tree in local park

inspired by the example of my dear friend and fellow VTer Amadej and following his footsteps, I've got already few nice photos of flowers.

so far I've added 4 photo albums each with 8 photos - total 32 photos of tropical flowers of Thailand. I hope u like them too !

Intro Updated Aug 14, 2005
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Helenbb Aug 29, 2006 at 10:30 PM

So.... many beautiful flowers :)) And you member pic is also very very very lovely ....
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saidur_khan Dec 12, 2003 at 10:53 PM

A belate Happy birthday to you, You have nice pages and pics to visit, greetings from Bangladesh,
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Daja123 Dec 9, 2003 at 9:45 PM

"Happy birthday, Alek! Enjoy your special day :-)" Regards from Slovenia.
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yumyum Apr 25, 2003 at 11:41 PM

I love your flower/orchid travelogues!!! I often take pix of flowers when having the chance.
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yen_2 Apr 24, 2003 at 9:17 AM

Beautiful flowers, I'm a flower addict collector too. BTW, happenis is in the journey, it's not on the destination!What do you mean by your email? So, where in BKK are you now?
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dinhyen Apr 23, 2003 at 4:03 PM

Wow, very nice close-up photos. That's some flower power! That's a great mug shot, by the way. Coincidentally, that picture reminds me of, who else, Flower, a Disney cartoon character :)
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Sharrie Apr 21, 2003 at 3:54 AM

U're a mover :-) & life is a journey, be it external or internal. I try to travel both :-)