Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Vinjatek
    • Home
    • Shop
    • About
    • Contact
    • Gear
      1. Reviews
      2. Bags
      3. Clothing
      4. Flashlights
      5. Footwear
      6. Hunting
      7. EDC
      8. Guns
      9. Tech
      10. Knives
      11. Pens
      12. Outdoors
      13. Optics
      14. Tools
      Featured

      Best Camping Cot Reviews: Expert’s Picks & Buying Guide

      By Carl Williams05/12/2022
      Recent

      Best Camping Cot Reviews: Expert’s Picks & Buying Guide

      05/12/2022

      Best Snowshoes Reviews: Expert Picks & Buying Tips

      29/11/2022

      Best Sleeping Pad Reviews: Expert’s Picks & Buying Guide

      29/11/2022
    • Sections
      • Lifestyle
      • Tactical
      • Survival
      • Preparedness
      • Restricted
      • Hiking
    Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Vinjatek
    You are at:Home»Lifestyle»“Beauty is Everywhere, That’s Why I Travel Everywhere…
    Lifestyle

    “Beauty is Everywhere, That’s Why I Travel Everywhere…

    avatarBy vinja03/03/20153 Comments2 Mins Read
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    Riding a Motorbike in Vang Vieng, Laos /// Vinjatek
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

    Beauty, the perceptual experience of pleasure and satisfaction is all around us. That’s why I travel all around to experience all kinds of it.

    “The two impulses in travel are to get away from home and to pursue something – a landscape, people, an exotic place. Certainly finding a place that you like or discovering something unusual is a very sustaining thing in travel.” -Paul Theroux

    One day I was with a French heiress-turned-backpacker riding on the back of a truck with our feet dangling off the side through the desert streets of Giza, Egypt.

    We were having a typical “competitive traveler’s conversation” about all the places we’ve been to. With all her riches, she won by sheer numbers.

    While smirking with pride, she says in that universally sexy accent, “I travel to see beauty.”

    Not to be outdone again, I say in response, “Beauty is everywhere, that’s why I travel everywhere.”

    Dumbfounded, she smiles and says that’s beautiful in French then locks my arm with her’s, leans her head on my shoulder and whispers, “Okay, you win this one.”

    That’s how this quote was born.

    Riding a Motorbike in Vang Vieng, Laos /// Vinjatek
    Riding a Motorbike in Vang Vieng, Laos //

    Like most young boys and even grown men, “beauty” was a word I used to relate only to women, cars and maybe the sight of a nice cold beer on a hot summer day.

    But our perspectives change with experience, particularly with long and extended world travel.

    Constant and concentrated exposure to extraordinary sensations such as with recreational drugs, gourmet desserts and sexual pleasure eventually (sometimes quickly) desensitizes you to them. Diluting their potential and weakening the effect of their power.

    Beauty is immune to this degradation.

    Through travel, I have witnessed the meaning of beauty exemplified, repeatedly and it never gets old.

    Other than the grand sights, the little things like plants, currency and street lights all begin to look beautiful the more you notice how these same things are so different and characteristic in each country.

    Then there’s the more obvious beauty that surrounds us; architecture, art, decay, skylines, wildlife, landscapes and most of all the people of all walks of life.

    As the saying goes, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, so what better way to behold all that we can with the eye than by traveling the world.

    Diversity + Travel = Mathematical Beauty

    757
    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    Previous Article[R] Assets: Non-Associate Human Sources
    Next Article How to Take Good Selfies [+]
    avatar
    vinja

      American patriot, former covert operative and active operations consultant, living globally as a vagabond.

      Related Posts

      Best Cooler With Wheels Reviews: Top Picks & Buyer’s Tips

      29/11/2022

      Long-Haul Flight Survival Guide

      29/11/2022

      A Day in The Life of a Nomad: Amazon Jungle

      29/11/2022

      What to Take Camping: Here’s Your Camping Checklist

      24/11/2022

      3 Comments

      1. avatar
        Lori Zabel on 03/03/2015 7:12 AM

        Beautiful quote, no pun intended. Imma steal it from you 🙂

        Reply
      2. avatar
        PGN on 03/03/2015 7:14 AM

        Very inspiring post. Travel really does make you appreciate beauty in more broad ways. Anyways, I can’t wait to get back on the road.

        Reply
      3. avatar
        Kablelot on 13/02/2019 10:11 AM

        An adventurers mentality.

        Reply

      Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

      About
      About

      An outdoors, tactics, lifestyle & urban survival site that focuses on the ideology, methodology, mindset and tactics of a covert operative to utilize in life, work and play.

      Facebook Twitter Instagram

      Advertiser Disclosure:
      Some links may be affiliate links. We may get paid if you buy something or take an action after clicking one of these

      Latest
      Camping

      Best Camping Cot Reviews: Expert’s Picks & Buying Guide

      By Carl Williams05/12/2022

      There’s nothing better than pitching a tent and spending time in the Great Outdoors; that…

      Best Cooler With Wheels Reviews: Top Picks & Buyer’s Tips

      29/11/2022

      Best Snowshoes Reviews: Expert Picks & Buying Tips

      29/11/2022

      Best Sleeping Pad Reviews: Expert’s Picks & Buying Guide

      29/11/2022
      • Facebook
      • Twitter
      • Pinterest
      • Instagram

      Vinjatek
      Facebook Twitter Instagram
      • Home
      • About
      • Shop
      • Contact
      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms & Conditions
      Vinjatek is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com
      Vinjatek™ Copyright © 2019 - 2022 Kooc Media Ltd. All rights reserved. Registered Company No.05695741 // Survival / Outdoors / Tactics / Gear

      Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.