Patricia Schultz, a travel expert and well-rounded e-book writer, once again, thankfully, weaved her wisdom and advised wanderings into an uplifting gem of a new e-book, Why We Travel: A Hundred Reasons to See the World (published this month through Workman). First, a little context: Schultz wrote the New York Times’ No. 1 bestseller, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die in 2003, which has since grown into several editions and spawned derivative products, such as 1,000 places to see in the United States and Canada before you die and 1,000 Places. A large-scale, reader-pleasing logo has also influenced other writers, who have written their own numbered tributes to niche searches.
The timely release of Schultz’s latest book, which celebrates the joys of Array, how it makes us more wonderful, and why we pursue it, is appreciated now. More than two years of considerations and restrictions like the COVID-19 pandemic have taken us away like never before. before. As countries’ borders reopened, a palpable thirst for new horizons spread. psychological, emotional and even non-secular: that is unlocked. It’s a wellness ebook, easy to navigate and find food inside. A little gem with big ambitions.
Stunning photographs (the photographs shown here are also in the book), useful information, tips, motivational quotes, detailed detours, and foreign dishes highlight this attractive 186-page hardcover design.
Compelling sections of the e-book provide Schultz’s private revelations. For example, he describes the day he got over his concern about flying while on safari in Kenya. On a dirt track in a “toy-sized Cessna with a pilot who looked way too young. ” To shave,” he writes, “we stepped out into the golden light of dawn with a herd of zebras scattered below us. ” The scenery was incredible. Acknowledging his familiar wave of nerves, he had a “kind of epiphany” capital to steal from. it’s like magic, just forcing yourself to do it is real. “You don’t want to feel the aerodynamics or what helps to keep a plane in the air. . . Those butterflies in my abdomen were no longer worries, but the natural emotion of everything. “
In Casablanca, Morocco, for example, when she found herself stranded at the airport after a cancelled flight without air until the next day, Schultz was strangely greeted at the home of a taxi driver, whose wife, mother, sisters and neighbors stretched out their arms to sign up for the same Friday night meal. Schultz is passionate about the fact that it “teaches us empathy, humility, patience, gratitude, and how to appreciate reports rather than things. “It is the ultimate classroom. without walls
Walk through history: Via Appia, the Roman road built in 312 BC. J. -C. , near Rome.
No passport? No problem, pivots Schultz, which emits to exceptional American destinations, especially remains in nature. How to get carried away leaving the sofa? It includes a diversity of iconic American films set in remote locations.
Bright Color: Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
And then there are expeditions from all over the world that have great appeal. About Antarctica, Schultz recalls being dressed in “several layers of weather equipment without bloodshed. We paddled in a kayak to marvel at making the icebergs the length of ten-story buildings. . . I saw humpback whales and visited remote penguin colonies whose comic population outnumbered tens of thousands to one. Being in Antarctica feels like it’s been deposited on a remote planet, and the house is far away.
“One of the beauties of traveling is that you can slide over other lifestyles” to experiment with new perspectives, encourages Schultz, who, for example, praises atypical hotels, which permeate time breaks or deep cultural dives. These hotels can add a layer of uniqueness to your vacation and evoke a clear sense of belonging. So, instead of booking a normal hotel, stay in a temple or shrine in Japan; a stately castle in Ireland or the United Kingdom; a Maharaja’s apartment in Rajasthan, India; a cave house in Matera, Italy; a camp of nomadic yurts in Mongolia; or a lighthouse on the northeast or northwest coast of the United States.
Awaken childhood fascinations: Bran Castle (also known as Dracula’s Castle) in Romania.
Among Schultz’s just reasons for broadening his worldview: the wisdom that convenience and luxury come in all shapes and sizes; the realization that speed and ease are not the ultimate productive options; the understanding that we are all more alike than different. One of the most valuable effects of vacations are the soul mates you meet along the way. Schultz gently urges you to realize that there is more than one street to get to where you are. going; he masters that karma is real; be grateful for what you did, don’t regret what you didn’t do; pay close attention to your intuition; have the confidence that when you think you have exhausted all the possibilities, think again; and locate that courtesy is contagious.
Witness, if possible, impressive sites that “bear witness to human ingenuity and art, authentic treasures that keep us standing and still possess the strength to stop us in our momentum,” Schultz enthuses. She rejoices in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. ; Taj Mahal in Agra, India; the underground churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia; the archaeological site of Petra, carved from pink sandstone cliffs in Jordan; Hagia Sophia, barely 15 centuries old, built as a Christian cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey, then converted into a mosque, declared a museum and reconquered as a mosque; The Nazca Lines in Peru: pre-Columbian geoglyphs carved into the desert sands; and the masterpiece, the 17-foot, 12,478-pound marble statue of David, carved between 1501 and 1504 by a young Michelangelo, in Florence, Italy.
Take one to appreciate the splendor of the sunset: the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.
“Traveling is the food of the soul,” Schultz dreams. Wherever you go, no matter how you allow it, to enrich yourself, connect with others, challenge your preconceptions, and open your head and heart. If you do, you will perceive why we and why we deserve to never stop. It’s an investment in ourselves and makes us better people. When we return home, the space remains the same, but we have changed. And that adjusts everything. “
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