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| Village above Khorog, Tajikistan |
Ah! We (here in VT) are all confronted with visa problems, and they are sometimes complicated; we try to solve them, alone, with help of agents or even with help or advice of other VTers, and I happened to give here some advice or information about uncommon destinations; but paper stuff is not the purpose of these few illustrated lines. . . . . I write here about the real visas, the ones which give access to the real country and its inhabitants. In my vision of travel we all have our personal visas, our heart, our sensitivity, empathy, way of looking at things and people, way of communicating with the places and people we visit. I write here about “real” people (not the “fake” ones, more or less paid by travel agents, or spoiled by mass tourism, waiting for the money-carriers. . . . industrial tourism employees. . . . ), their way of living, of welcoming (or not welcoming! That happens too!) foreigners, the way they open our brain and our heart. . . . . the way they contribute to our discovering and understanding the world. We are all more or less autistics, my autism is not there. |
| Sunda Kelapa, Jakarta, Indonesia |
|  | Vision of travel, visa. . . . Visa, from Latin videre (to see), visum, to me it is like that: approval to see, to meet, to be accepted, not a piece of paper to allow you to drink rum somewhere or sunbathe elsewhere (haha, and I assure I can enjoy drinking rum or enjoy the sun on immense desert beaches), and I do not tell about special tourism!. Well, to see and to meet, it is everybody’s personal way to do it, our eyes, our smiles, our gestures are our visas, and to me, receiving a sincere warm smile from an unknown person in an unknown place means my visa is valid. . . . . .and . . . you cannot travel without a valid visa! (CQFD). |
| Djurdjura Mountains, Kabylie, Algeria |
| | I post here a few of old and recent souvenirs, some, souvenirs of just a few seconds of communication, other, souvenirs of hours and even days spent with people met during travels with a valid visa. |
| Technoparade, Paris, France |
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| Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam |
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jethanand Thu Nov 12, 2009 14:13 UTC
Hello Hermann .. hope all is well.... thank you for your good wishes and please keep posting your discoveries | Francenko Wed Nov 11, 2009 22:57 UTC
So you haven't noticed my only album;) | lynnehamman Sat Nov 7, 2009 22:15 UTC
Thanks for visiting Mumbai Hermann. Oh yes- I read Moors Last Sigh- a wonderful book, Am a great Rushdie fan. Midnite's Children my fav book. | sayduvar Wed Nov 4, 2009 21:26 UTC
it is a wonderfull morning in yr balcony and you have a nice page.greetings from istanbul sayduvar |
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