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About travel, exploration and life on Earth

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[ZT] Why do we need to travel?

为什么再穷也要去旅行？

如果有机会，一生一定要多去旅行，一个人经历一场彻底的旅行，一路上自由自在，可以漫无目的的游荡，可以不顾形象的碎碎念，不求遇见谁，也不求遇上什么美好的风景。但这一路上所接触过的一切，足以让你用另一种眼光重新审视自己。让你获得重生，让你知道接下来的路怎么走。

女人，可以没有男人，但一定要有闺蜜；可以没有LV，但一定要有Long vacation ！但最完美的是：带着LV，和闺蜜一起，带上各自的男人，去享受一次美美的Long vacation!

我现在没钱，等有钱了再去。我现在没时间，等有时间了再去。其实旅行只需要一颗想走就走勇敢的心,只需要一个背包,然后出发.尤其是女人,当你行走在路上,强悍的阅历会逐渐沉淀你的气质,开阔的眼界会拓展你的心胸，你不再是一个会用纸巾擦干眼泪的小女人 。

生 命不是一场赛跑，而是一次旅行。比赛在乎终点，而旅行在乎沿途风景。常人说：不登山，不知山高；不涉水，不晓水深；不赏奇景，怎知其绝妙。读万卷书，还须 行万里路。旅行，可以使你中断每天周而复始的凡人琐事，对平凡俗气的生活，是一种暂时的解脱，让自己的胸怀得以舒展，心灵得以净化！

旅 游带本书的好处是，不管身在飞机还是火车，打开书就穿越到另一个世界，安静淡然，与世无争；旅游带上耳机的好处是，不管身在他乡还是异国，戴上它就穿越进 另一个世界，心随之轻舞飞扬；旅游带个相机的好处是，不管身在山岳还是大海，随时发现美景，定格美好的回忆，截取感动自己的那个画面。

如果没有发现美的眼睛，走遍世界，累的只是自己的脚，心却丝毫没有愉悦。

我想，喜欢上旅行的人，都是想要暂时逃离自己城市里那熟悉却沉重的空气。背上背包，戴上耳机，卸下平日里所有的伪装，去一个陌生的城市，寻找的却是自己。

趁年轻，趁还有梦想，想去的地方，现在就要去。想做的事情，现在就去做。哪怕搭车、睡沙发、住客栈，享受在路上，看风景是不变的信念！

- by CC

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Devils River State Natural Area 

Devil's River（恶魔河）背包船（packraft）三日白水漂流！ 玩得太爽！

恶魔河是德克萨斯州最原生态的水系之一，而且游客罕至，是全德州最适合白水漂流的地点之一！此地区没有饮用水源，进入的游客注意自行携带饮用水以及生活用水。

第一次试用了背包船领域最尖端制造商Alpacka的三款背包船 (Alpaca, Yukon Yak 和 Denali Llama）各有千秋。重心稳定，耐磨，在尖锐的石灰岩石砾浅滩多次磨过，依然没有任何破损迹象。每只船净重只有三斤多，非常方便携带！值不值连船加桨每套1000美元的购买开支则见仁见智！稍后会写专门点评。

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Chaparral Wildlife Management Area Field Trip

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Lost in the regional history of the past 500 years: the history of Native Americans, Spanish and French explorers, and the interactions among the three.

Amazed by the rich dessert biodiversity. 

-By BlueRainForest March 05, 2013

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转自网络 Don’t date a girl who travels She’s the one with the messy unkempt hair colored by the sun. Her skin is now far from fair like it once was. Not even sun kissed. It’s burnt with multiple tan lines, wounds and bites here and there. But for every flaw on her skin, she has an interesting story to tell. Don’t date a girl who travels. She is hard to please. The usual dinner-movie date at the mall will suck the life out of her. Her soul craves for new experiences and adventures. She will be unimpressed with your new car and your expensive watch. She would rather climb a rock or jump out of an airplane than hear you brag about it. Don’t date a girl who travels because she will bug you to book a flight every time there’s an airline seat sale. She wont party at Republiq. And she will never pay over $100 for Avicii because she knows that one weekend of clubbing is equivalent to one week somewhere far more exciting. Chances are, she can’t hold a steady job. Or she’s probably daydreaming about quitting. She doesn’t want to keep working her ass off for someone else’s dream. She has her own and is working towards it. She is a freelancer. She makes money from designing, writing, photography or something that requires creativity and imagination. Don’t waste her time complaining about your boring job. Don’t date a girl who travels. She might have wasted her college degree and switched careers entirely. She is now a dive instructor or a yoga teacher. She’s not sure when the next paycheck is coming. But she doesn’t work like a robot all day, she goes out and takes what life has to offer and challenges you to do the same. Don’t date a girl who travels for she has chosen a life of uncertainty. She doesn’t have a plan or a permanent address. She goes with the flow and follows her heart. She dances to the beat of her own drum. She doesn’t wear a watch. Her days are ruled by the sun and the moon. When the waves are calling, life stops and she will be oblivious to everything else for a moment. But she has learned that the most important thing in life isn’t surfing. Don’t date a girl who travels as she tends to speak her mind. She will never try to impress your parents or friends. She knows respect, but isn’t afraid to hold a debate about global issues or social responsibility. She will never need you. She knows how to pitch a tent and screw her own fins without your help. She cooks well and doesn’t need you to pay for her meals. She is too independent and wont care whether you travel with her or not. She will forget to check in with you when she arrives at her destination. She’s busy living in the present. She talks to strangers. She will meet many interesting, like-minded people from around the world who share her passion and dreams. She will be bored with you. So never date a girl who travels unless you can keep up with her. And if you unintentionally fall in love with one, don’t you dare keep her. Let her go.

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Trekking in Torres del Paine

智利百内国家公园

百内(Paine)在当地印第安语里是蓝色的意思。百内公园全名Torres del Paine，意为蓝色的众峰。百内国家公园位于智利西南部，位于阿根廷南部和智利交界处的一个高原。 美国《国家地理杂志》将其列为人一生中不能错过的50个地方之一。这里也是众多徒步者向往的天堂, top trekking路线的排名，百内高居榜首: http://www.wikiexplora.com/index.php/Best_Treks_/_Hikes_of_the_World,_top_100

- 图片 by CC

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在过去的半年内都因为工作，忙到连一天去户外的时间都没有。突然昨天下定决心，趁着久违的阳光，放下一切，去了离家最近的已经去过很多次但从未太有感觉的Pedernales Falls State Park 州立公园。在阳光下爽爽地跑步，舒展筋骨，攀爬干涸河床的硕石，所有肩上的压力无行间慢慢融化，瞬间感激生活，以及身边的景观。

“什么是自由？我坐在这块岩石上，看着风景，和你聊天，这就是自由。” 

- By BlueRainForest

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Rumbling Volcano Popocatépetl, squats only about 50 miles southeast of Mexico City. Looking from Cuicuilco. 

Cuicuilco is an archaeological site (Mexico, 700 BCE – 150 CE) located on the southern shore of the Lake Texcoco (the basin of which is now Mexico city) in the southeastern Valley of Mexico. Destroyed and abandoned since the eruption of the volcano Xitle.

-By BlueRainForest