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FROM A TO Z-America to Zambia By Land Sea and Air, Mostly Sea

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Documenting these travels with pictures has the added advantage of it being true, and therefore you have to tolerate contradictions and see things from different perspectives. "You worked on a cruise ship and you worked  in a war zone,huh?" Yep, from cruise ship to cruise missiles. Same thing , "At your service. Yes Maam, Yes Sir". Both are- The Hospitality Industry. Both are 24- hour work environments. It is very important that  expedition history not be distilled to just those great man and woman like Magellan,  Edmund Hillary, Lewis  and Clark et al., but to the regular folk  who  go out to do their own exploring and circumnavigation of the Earth and then blog about it-literature in a hurry. No matter where I go there I am. I can still look up at the same moon, stars albeit different hemisphere. It innately belongs to all of us, children of this planet.  I'm stricken by, what poet Diane Ackerman calls " the ricochet wonder...

Postcards From A to Z Around The World (America 2 Zambia)

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Expedition / War Zone / Cruise Ship / Direction Over Speed Direction Over Speed From cruise ship to cruise missiles, from expedition history to everyday bets on an uncertain future. Expedition History Literature in a Hurry It is very important that expedition history not be distilled to just the great men and women - Magellan, Edmund Hillary, Lewis and Clark - but also to the regular people who go out to do their own exploring and circumnavigation of the Earth, then blog about it: literature in a hurry. "You worked on a cruise ship and you worked in a war zone, huh?" Yep. From cruise ship to cruise missiles. Same thing: "At your service. Yes Ma'am. Yes Sir." Both are the hospitality industry. Both are 24-hour work environments. Documenting these travels with pictures has the added advantage of being true. Therefore, you have to tolerate contradictions and see things from different perspective...

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