"Explore, Dream, Discover ..." magor65's Profile

My long-lasting dream of visiting Victoria Falls, Namibia and South Africa is not a dream any longer as it turned into reality. And it was a fantastic experience of which I enjoyed every minute. The opening picture shows the Okavango Delta in Botswana - the place I didn't dream about, but in a way discovered for myself its unique beauty and tranquility.
Old dreams fulfilled, new dreams appear ... First impossible, then improbable, to become inevitable when the time comes.

Here are a couple of my favourite travel quotes:

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.
James Michener

There are two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
Orson Welles

I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.
Mark Twain

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.
Mark Twain

I haven't been everywhere but it's on my list.
Susan Sontag

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost

1977 - Prague

I can't say I have always been keen on travelling. The turning point was meeting my husband-to-be, who at that time was a student of geography. He made me realize that travelling 'does broaden the mind' and is worth all the efforts and sacrifices. And so it started ...
First we visited the countries of so called 'eastern block' : Bulgaria, Rumunia, East Germany, Czecholovakia, Hungary. They weren't very expensive so for a couple of years we spent there all summer holidays.

1978 - Budapest

The city I visited most frequently was Budapest. I used to spend there my summer holidays. For a long time it was at the top of my private list of most beautiful places I had visited. What a pity I haven't been there for at least 15 years now.

1979 - York

In 1979 we went to 'the West' for the first time. We bought ferry tickets to Dover and for a month hitch hiked all over Great Britain going as far as Edinburgh. Now it's hard to believe that we managed to survive having only 100 dollars each. On the way back to Poland we stayed in Paris for a couple of days.

1989 - Gurnsey

In 1989 I spent a month on Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. It seemed like a paradise to me. Beautiful nature, smiling people, shops full of all possible goods ... After grey reality of Poland in the 1980's this colourful world came as a shock.

1995 - Gargano

The 1990's were mainly the time of family vacations in Italy, France and Spain. With the political situation different in Poland it was much easier to get a passport and go abroad. We stopped feeling 'the second category citizens'. Not predicting the hardships that capitalistic system was to bring soon, we joyfully spent money and enjoyed life. Our beloved destination was Italy, and especially Gargano.

1996 - Barcelona

In 1996 I discovered for myself Barcelona and fell in love with it. This unique place with Gaudi's spirit present almost everywhere is for me the most beautiful European city. Although I have visited it several times there is always somehing that delights me anew.

1999 - Malaysia

In 1999 I went to Asia for the first time in my life ( not counting several crossings to the Asian part of Istanbul on different occasions). For a month I and my sister-in-law with a small group of other people were travelling in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. It was an unforgettable experience which made me desire for more...
Of course, there were many other journeys and trips in these past years, and I hope there are still many to come.
Plans? Unlike some VTers I think that there are no dull, uninteresting places. It's enough to make an effort, open your eyes wider, and you will find something unique or exciting in things seemingly unattractive. So I'll be happy to visit any place - 20 or 20 000 km from my home.