Travel Nerds
We are a bunch of travel and geography nerds in my family. Nothing makes us happier than jumping in a airplane, reaching an exotic location and driving, getting our feet on new ground, seeing new things, learning new ways. We all have cameras glued to our hands and laptops stuffed in backpacks.
All my married life, people have looked at me with pity and tole me how they can’t believe I live with such uncertainty, never knowing where I will be in the next year – even the next few months. What I tell them is this – the truth is, we ALL never know. We ALL never know when something will happen that will change our lives dramatically, forever. We live day to day, not thinking about all the things that can happen. If we think too much about them, we might go crazy.
I consider myself blessed. I was created with a restless spirit, a spirit for new experiences and new ways of thinking. I was given a life where all those things became my daily bread.
What is fun for me is watching the next generation of young adults discovering their own lives, who they are meant to be.
My nephew, at Google Earth took his love of geography to new heights. He works in a place he loves, doing work he loves. He wrote to me yesterday, to tell me about a new game being played, a grown-up version of the old “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego.” (one of the earliest computer games for kids) He has published a really really hard one on the Google team LatLong blog (as he says, he has the home court advantage in this game!) and he refers us to another blog, Where on GoogleEarth? where there are a series of contests to see if you can identify landmarks, special places, from the sky.
Here, for example, is the photo from contest #22 – and people have to write in telling what it is. Can YOU tell what it is? 🙂
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I think all of us in this region know 😉
Dubai – The World!
is it the maldives?
Kinan got it right – I figured most people here would recognize it. They are doing some very fun things with geography on those blogs.
ok now i see it .. a tad bit too late!
LLOOOLLLL! They’ve got some work to do, yet. Hope you have a great weekend, Chirp!
Traveling is my fuel! Unfortunatly we don’t travel that much, once a year tops! But the plus side is that we visit my Grandmother in KSA often, not much of a change, but it’s something!
LOL I would never have guessed!
Me neither, Olorin. I love the travel but these space shots are hard!
u will NOT move away from kuwait before i get a mo3alim post, dig?
Hahahahahahahahha! I will work on that, Mrm. But does that mean that as soon as I write it, I have to move? 😦