Travel Inspiration #3
A dose of inspiration to cram in your travel hole… This time it’s a paragraph from a book called “Jupiter’s Travels
“in spite of wars and tourism and pictures by satellite, the world is just the same size it ever was. It is awesome to think how much of it I will never see. It is no trick to go round the world these days, you can pay a lot of money and fly round it nonstop in less than forty-eight hours, but to know it, to smell it and feel it between your toes you have to crawl. There is no other way. Not flying, not floating. You have to stay on the ground and swallow the bugs as you go. Then the world is immense. The best you can do is trace your long, infinitesimally thin line through the dust and extrapolate.”
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Really awesome paragraph! It is in good contrast with Blue Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" monologue, that makes the Earth out to be so infinitesimally small in the context of the universe. Yet – to us – it really is vast beyond imagination. None of us will be able to experience it the same way twice, there is so much beauty, destruction, adventure, and facets of nature to explore. Thanks for sharing!
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Truly a piece of inspiration.
Wow, I must have read that paragraph 3 times, off to find the book. Thanks!
Good for you, its a great book, I haven't finished it yet but so far so good… Thanks for commenting!!!
Beautiful words. It is all about digging your toes into the sand wherever you are and truly immersing yourself in the people, the music, the food, the language. Everything. So happy I've stumbled across your blog!
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It's a great book, and I haven't been able to put it down since I got it. It's honest and really strikes a chord with any traveller… Best thing is that he made his journey around the world on a motorcycle in the 60's (I think) and he has another book where he did the same journey again 40 years later… when he was 69!!!!! Called "Dreaming of Jupiter"