Category Archives: travel

FIVE WISE LINES [June 2026]

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Photograph of sunset taken at Moalboal, Philippines across the Tanon Strait.

When I was younger I could remember anything,
whether it had happened or not;
but my faculties are decaying now and soon
I shall be able to remember only the things
that never happened.

Mark twain

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled,
but a fire to be kindled.”

Plutarch [paraphrased]

Judge a man by his questions
rather than his answers.

Voltaire

Resist much, obey little.

Walt whitman; “To the states“

People don’t take trips —
trips take people.

John steinbeck

DAILY PHOTO: Purple & Yellow

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Photograph of a purple petaled flower taken in the Singapore Changi Airport.

DAILY PHOTO: Danube Bank, Bratislava

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Photograph of the riverwalk and docked boats on the Danube River taken from the Most SNP bridge in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Photograph of a large river cruise ship on the Danube River in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Photograph of the Danube bank with the Bratislava Castle (Bratislavský hrad) above.

DAILY PHOTO: Yellow River Park

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DAILY PHOTO: Amarin Plaza Phra Phrom Shrine, Bangkok

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Photograph of a Phra Phrom (Brahma) shrine in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok, Thailand.
Amarin Plaza shrine near Chit Lom Metro Station in Bangkok, Thailand.

PROMPT: Unlimited Budget

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Daily writing prompt
If you had an unlimited budget for 24 hours, what would you do?
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I’d buy a round-trip ticket for a place distant and interesting. I’m presuming I could spend money on that day for something the benefit of which would come later (i.e. that nothing turns into pumpkin at the end of the day.) I would not want the inevitable cavity search that would come from buying and flying on the same day.

DAILY PHOTO: Ferrys on the Perfume River

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Photograph of a docked river ferry on Hue's Perfume River.
Photograph showing two ornate ferries on the Perfume River as it runs through Huế, Vietnam.

DAILY PHOTO: Zambezi River Afternoon

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Photograph of the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe as the sun is getting low.

DAILY PHOTO: Angry Adolescent Tusker

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Photograph of an aggressive adolescent elephant in Botswana's Chobe National Park.
Photograph of a posturing young tusker near the Chobe River's edge in Botswana.

DAILY PHOTO: Baphuon Ruins at Angkor

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Photograph of ruins at Baphuon site of Angkor in Cambodia.