Dream Trip 2009

Great Travel Moment

WE WERE WALKING BESIDE THE RIVER WHEN WE HAPPENED UPON THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THESE YOUNG LADS WERE TRYING TO CLIMB THIS TREE TO REACH THE TOP OF THE FENCE WHERE THE SMELL OF FREEDOM MUST HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMING. THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY AROUND THE WORLD IS WELL DOCUMENTED, THE POIGNANCY OF SIMILAR - IF NOT IDENTICAL HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IS REASSURING. THEY WERE TOO YOUNG TO HAVE BEEN INDOCTRINATED BY SOCIETAL NORMS OR CONDITIONING - IT WAS A WARMTH OF FAMILIARITY. TRAVEL IS PRICELESS.