Faces From Far Away Places
Created CSU 2007
Come, take a trip with me
Together on an enlightening journey.
Around the world and across the sea,
We'll seek new faces from faraway places.
Utilizing our time awhile
Discovering ways our new friends
may be speaking to us.
Through a dance, a wave, a gesture or smile.
Similar interests and experiences
bridging the gap, connecting our lives.
A world rich in colorful diversity
It's no surprise--
Although many miles separate
the places we call home,
We take along a fresh perspective
in which to roam.
There are numerous countries, people and cultures to explore.
Let's get started, what are we waiting for?
By Victoria Vliek
M.C. Newberry
Sat 21st Mar 2015 13:16
But, as Noel Coward famously wrote (in so many words):
"Why do the worst people go travelling
While the best people stay at home?" :-))
The downside of all this travel is the pollution, not to
mention the possibility of creating envy among the
often poorer nations visited...even to the risk of attack
and worse. In an age of TV and PC when visits to far
flung places through one lens can be made available to millions in their seats at home, do folk NEED to travel?
In other eras, except for few explorers and evangelists -
and excluding armies bent on conquest - most people
lived their lives contentedly in their own backyards.
One wonders if they felt deprived or believed that "home
is best" and just didn't care that much? Certainly, the
world was a more settled contented place in so many
ways before mass tourism (travel) and the TIME to participate in it arrived in our lives.