The Travel Addict

My Top 10 list of places where I have enjoyed the wonders of Mother Nature.

1. The world's oldest desert, Namibia
2. High up in the Himalayan Mountains, Nepal
3. Where the sea meets the sky, Maldives
4. Mystical peacefulness, Bhutan
5. Norwegian Fjords
6. Wilderness, Mongolia
7. Just a normal sunset, Boracay, Philippines
8. World's largest biodiverse marine area, Raja Ampat, Indonesia
9. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
10. Deadvlei, Namibia

I could have added 10 more also. The world is a wonderful place.

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I asked Sarah after she told me about her activities day to day, "Do you have time to sleep?"
Hear her response in this podcast. She also  answered how she defines the meaning of life.
Her adventurous spirit, volunteer work and support for non-profit organizations is commendable, but she also embraces financial and spiritual wisdom in helping people to succeed in life.
Her travel stories are delightful also.

Great stuff.
FInd her here:
https://thesarahmarie.net


The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

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This is a relatively short description of the 10 most sacred places I have visited on our wonderful planet.
Yes, there are so many out there, I could have made a top 20.
Nevertheless, I narrowed it down to my top 10, and they are probably nothing what you would expect, or maybe never heard of.
These are very special places, or as I say sometimes, while I was there, I just knew that they are/were important and very significant.
Listen and make comments.
Enjoy.
 

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It was October when I took the Norwegian Airlines flight to Stockholm. It made me think for a few seconds while in flight that I may be going to Oslo instead.
Staying in Stockholm's Old Town is a great area to be. You can just spend your day walking around.
Coffee shops, Pubs, Historical Buildings, and blocks of ice high up on buildings. The latter you have to be aware of, although there are Ice Managment Staff monitoring and removing any signs of falling ice blocks.
Take a walk to Abba's museum and reminisce about the great music of the 70's and 80's.
Staying at the Victory Hotel was excellent and made me think about Admiral Lord Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar, and why I would see this in Stockholm.
I sailed through the Stockholm Archipelago which was just spectacular and was honored to be ask to speak from the Cruise Ship's Bridge as we navigated the area.
Great memories.

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After listening to this, you may be either surprised or enlightened to the fact that the Nordic countries are rated highly in various world indexes and are desirable places to live, although maybe not all year round.
I have not made up these statistics as they have come from trusted sources.
Maybe before you listen, just jot down the countries you think maybe at the #1 position for Happiest Country, Safest Country, Most Freedom, Human Development, Best Places to Live, etc.
Good luck.
As I lecture about this stuff, I have to be pretty much correct and have this info. backed up fom reliable sources.

Personally, I still love the English Countryside.

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After a flight to Amsterdam and a quick train ride to Rotterdam, I boarded the excellent Celebrity Apex for 9 days in the Norwegian Fjords.
Apart from 4 enrichment talks to a full theater, I was able relax and hike several miles through spectacular countryside.
Geiranger, Flam, Olden, and Bergen were the stops en route.
Camping is popular of course, but for the people who live in these remote areas obviously enjoy their way of life and high standard of living. A few few months of cold weather in the year is obviously not a deterance.
No crowds, superb scenery, very safe, healthy ifestyle, and contentment.
The busy port of Bergen is bustling with life, and Oslo, although modern, is protective of their historic buildins, rightfully so.
Yes, I would go back there and stay in a mountain resort for a few days.
This podcast includes some info on geography, history, vikings, and other "did you know?" items.

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Yep, I had to blame someone. My parents.
For me it started at an early age. The earlier the better I think.
Why? Because it is an experience, both educational and inspirational, that I will never regret.
My business, adventure and pleasure travel has taken me to 118 countries so far, and that will continue as long as I am physically able.
There have been mistakes (avoidable, unforeseen, and self-made) but all-in-all it has been enlightening, educational and fulfilling, and I have experienced places of beauty and rich culture.
I have my favorites, and not-so favorites, which I will talk about another time.
The adventure continues.

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Evelyn LaTorre ‘s first book, Between Inca Walls, A Peace Corps Memoir, won several awards and is about her adventures growing up in Montana, volunteering in Mexico, and coming of age in Peru, where she met her husband of 57 years.
He second book is called Love in any Language, A Memoir of a Cross-Cultural Marriage.

She holds a doctorate in multicultural education from the University of San Francisco and a master’s degree in social welfare from UC Berkeley. 

She worked as a bilingual school psychologist and school administrator for 32 years in public education in California until her retirement in 2002. She and her Peruvian husband have been married since 1966 and have traveled to close to 100 countries.
She has 2 grown sons, who both live in the USA.

Her writing has appeared in several magazines, such as World View Magazine and the California Writers Club Literary Review.
Our conversations is all about travel and cultural understanding and acceptance.

Check out her stories and photos on her web site and social media:
https://www.evelynlatorre.com
http://www.instagram/evelynkohllatorre
https://www.facebook.com/evelyn.latorre

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Brent Antonson is a travel writer who has circumnavigated the world by rail, including North Korea, 50 states, etc, and taught in Russia, Iraq, and China.
Talk about venturing to places where most people would not consider, he pushes the envelope and his luck to fulfill his adventurous side.
He even  went to Europe and entered the Former Yugoslav crisis by sliding into Zagreb during the war on a night train.
His epic train ride on the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Beijing via Mongolia is another adventure that is well worth knowing about.
He is also a big fan of driving and has passed through 19 countries, and slept a few nights inside the vehicle on occassion.
Epic travel stories abound incluing arrests, torture, girlfriends, and risque stuff.

Learn more about Brent here:

www.brentantonson.com
https://www.planksip.org/author/brent-antonson/
https://www.facebook.com/bAntonson/

Check out his book on Amazon: Of Russia - A Year Inside

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Mustafa Ammar is the Founder and CEO of The Passion MBA, a global coaching company that has helped hundreds of professionals around the world to find their dream career.
Originally from Egypt, he has lived in many countries across 5 continents from the US, the UK, Italy, China, UAE and many others.
He is currently building an online platform that envisions helping professionals who are stuck in their career and need to reinvent themselves.
He is the author of “Time to Move On”,  a book to help professionals break the common, yet hidden, career myths before they find their dream career.
Before that, he worked as an Egyptian diplomat in China, Malawi and the United Nations in New York.
Prior to that he worked as a pharmacist.
Quite the varied life, so make sure you listen in folks:

Discover him here:

https://www.linkedin.com/me?trk=p_mwlite_feed_updates-secondary_nav

https://instagram.com/thepassionmba?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

https://ThePassionMBA.com

https://MustafaAmmar.com

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