May 21, 2009

  • The Places I've Seen

    You'll often see me write or talk about my travels here on Xanga, and that's because I am an avid traveler.  It is a thirst that's neverending and needs constant quenching.  It is the very fabric of who I am and how I want to live my life. 

    Most of the international travel I've done had been the result of a summer excursion on Semester at Sea, a study abroad program where you sail around the world for a semester and get a global perspective through classroom and field experiences.  I think the voyage in Summer 2004 has been the biggest impact in my life by far.  It was a turning point for so many events that had happened or will happen in my life. 

    Today, I reminisce about SAS once again.  I received an email from a shipmate regarding an article recently published in National Geographic which highlighted one of the most naturally picturesque destinations I'd ever seen:  RUSSIA.  One of our destinations was Petropovlovsk, a city in the Kamchatka Peninsula which is the most eastern point in Russia.  Think Siberia…there’s a reason why we call it Siberia.  

    Check out the article here:  http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/01/russia-wilderness/quammen-text/1

    And the amazing views here:  http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/01/russia-wilderness/michael-melford-photography