Comments on: A Life of Travel: an end of the year reflection https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection Piggy-back ride with A&Z Wed, 14 Dec 2022 22:03:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zara https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-101838 Zara Tue, 26 Jan 2016 05:56:23 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-101838 Thanks a lot Niru! :) By the way, I saw your Bhutan photos.. it makes me really feel like traveling there. Unfortunately, I don't get the entrance privileges that Indian passport holders do, but we must really visit sometime anyway. It looks beautiful! PS: schools with long summer breaks for the win!! Thanks a lot Niru! :)
By the way, I saw your Bhutan photos.. it makes me really feel like traveling there. Unfortunately, I don’t get the entrance privileges that Indian passport holders do, but we must really visit sometime anyway. It looks beautiful!

PS: schools with long summer breaks for the win!!

]]> By: Zara https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-101817 Zara Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:05:13 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-101817 Thanks a lot, Cameron! Happy New Year for you too! :) Thanks a lot, Cameron!
Happy New Year for you too! :)

]]> By: Niru https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-101763 Niru Sun, 24 Jan 2016 03:18:28 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-101763 Nicely said, Zara! It is good to be able to live in the now, especially when the opportunity exists. We did while we were able to and will travel extensively again whenever our kid grows up a bit. I will be looking out for schools with long summer breaks! :) Nicely said, Zara! It is good to be able to live in the now, especially when the opportunity exists. We did while we were able to and will travel extensively again whenever our kid grows up a bit. I will be looking out for schools with long summer breaks! :)

]]> By: Cameron Cobb https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-101686 Cameron Cobb Sat, 23 Jan 2016 05:36:54 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-101686 Zara, This is one of my favorite pieces you've written! I especially love your minimalistic philosophy and couldn't agree more about owning less and renting to have more freedom. Well done! Happy New Year! Zara,

This is one of my favorite pieces you’ve written! I especially love your minimalistic philosophy and couldn’t agree more about owning less and renting to have more freedom. Well done! Happy New Year!

]]> By: Zara https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-101028 Zara Wed, 13 Jan 2016 14:07:07 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-101028 Hi Sumita, We're truly happy to have "made your day"! ;) And even though this is the 1st time you are reading Backpack ME.. we certainly hope it's not the last. Keep in touch! Hi Sumita,
We’re truly happy to have “made your day”! ;)
And even though this is the 1st time you are reading Backpack ME.. we certainly hope it’s not the last.
Keep in touch!

]]> By: sumita https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-101000 sumita Wed, 13 Jan 2016 06:16:28 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-101000 this is the first time i read a blog of your site and its amazing that it just made my day.loved the article more than any other i read in past 3 months really.keep up your journey and make us dream more so that we corporates can at least think of getting lost somewhere we have never been:).. this is the first time i read a blog of your site and its amazing that it just made my day.loved the article more than any other i read in past 3 months really.keep up your journey and make us dream more so that we corporates can at least think of getting lost somewhere we have never been:)..

]]> By: Zara https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-100959 Zara Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:13:42 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-100959 Hi Jatin, Happy New Year for you too! I'm happy to read that our Argentina and Chile content came in handy for your trip. It's an amazing part of the world, isn't it? :) Cheers and please, do keep in touch! Hi Jatin,

Happy New Year for you too!

I’m happy to read that our Argentina and Chile content came in handy for your trip. It’s an amazing part of the world, isn’t it? :)

Cheers and please, do keep in touch!

]]> By: Jatin https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-100527 Jatin Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:02:18 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-100527 Very well written, so very inspiring and thoughtful, Just got back from Argentina and chile - thanks for all the help - your posts have helped in visa (Indian passport :) /planning our itinerary. Happy new year, and hope I get the courage to walk a similar path soon :) Very well written, so very inspiring and thoughtful, Just got back from Argentina and chile – thanks for all the help – your posts have helped in visa (Indian passport :) /planning our itinerary. Happy new year, and hope I get the courage to walk a similar path soon :)

]]> By: anjči https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-100268 anjči Tue, 05 Jan 2016 11:59:02 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-100268 It does sound reasonable when you make an example involving one person in country A needing help. I guess what throws people off is when not one, but millions of people in a country in distress take off: most will end up in relative safety somewhere near, but a few hundreds of thousands of the fittest ones - the ones who arguably need help least - will travel on further and arrive in a richer country of their choice they have meticulously shopped around for, displaying different degrees of entitlement and seeking privileges in addition to help. It is not a wonder such situations induce anger in country B - but many individual stories are no doubt heart-breaking and help-deserving. It does sound reasonable when you make an example involving one person in country A needing help. I guess what throws people off is when not one, but millions of people in a country in distress take off: most will end up in relative safety somewhere near, but a few hundreds of thousands of the fittest ones – the ones who arguably need help least – will travel on further and arrive in a richer country of their choice they have meticulously shopped around for, displaying different degrees of entitlement and seeking privileges in addition to help. It is not a wonder such situations induce anger in country B – but many individual stories are no doubt heart-breaking and help-deserving.

]]> By: Zara https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-100150 Zara Mon, 04 Jan 2016 14:55:22 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-100150 Happy New Year, Tim!! :) Happy New Year, Tim!! :)

]]> By: Tim UrbanDuniya https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-100139 Tim UrbanDuniya Mon, 04 Jan 2016 11:21:00 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-100139 Happy New Year, guys! Can't wait to hear so much more in 2016!! :D Happy New Year, guys! Can’t wait to hear so much more in 2016!! :D

]]> By: Zara https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-100083 Zara Sun, 03 Jan 2016 16:56:40 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-100083 I personally don't care if cultures mix. I think we could be learning all from one another way more than we do.. taking the best of each culture, perfecting our way of living. At the end of the day, cultures are living entities. They (and we) are always mutating, adapting, evolving.. I personally don’t care if cultures mix. I think we could be learning all from one another way more than we do.. taking the best of each culture, perfecting our way of living. At the end of the day, cultures are living entities. They (and we) are always mutating, adapting, evolving..

]]> By: Zara https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-100072 Zara Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:28:06 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-100072 Hi, I didn’t mean that “the world’s borders should suddenly pop open”. That wouldn’t be realistic at all! What I meant to say was that we keep on making those borders tighter and tighter, at a level that is really unfair from a human point of view. Say you are born in country A, without food. And your neighbor, country B, has plenty of food. Because of man-made borders, you can’t cross and feed your self (like animals would do, for example).. or be healthy, or safe, or satisfy any other basic human right. Even though country B may have enough for everyone. That’s the type of situation I meant. That, at the end of the day, borders are a human construct so it’s up to us, humans, to look at them and act in a flexible (and compassionate!) way when need be. Hi,

I didn’t mean that “the world’s borders should suddenly pop open”. That wouldn’t be realistic at all! What I meant to say was that we keep on making those borders tighter and tighter, at a level that is really unfair from a human point of view. Say you are born in country A, without food. And your neighbor, country B, has plenty of food. Because of man-made borders, you can’t cross and feed your self (like animals would do, for example).. or be healthy, or safe, or satisfy any other basic human right. Even though country B may have enough for everyone. That’s the type of situation I meant. That, at the end of the day, borders are a human construct so it’s up to us, humans, to look at them and act in a flexible (and compassionate!) way when need be.

]]> By: Marta Chan https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-99933 Marta Chan Sat, 02 Jan 2016 02:39:44 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-99933 The only thing that puts me back on the open borders are cultures, they would be in risk because of humans mix with eachother and have mixed kids and then their habits would be a mix again. The only thing that puts me back on the open borders are cultures, they would be in risk because of humans mix with eachother and have mixed kids and then their habits would be a mix again.

]]> By: anjči https://bkpk.me/a-life-of-travel-an-end-of-the-year-reflection/#comment-99909 anjči Fri, 01 Jan 2016 21:26:27 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=16870#comment-99909 I disagree that the world's borders should suddenly just pop open : ) but what you write about the realities of the office life does resonate with me! Keep on travelling and who cares what grannies and aunties think : ) I disagree that the world’s borders should suddenly just pop open : ) but what you write about the realities of the office life does resonate with me! Keep on travelling and who cares what grannies and aunties think : )

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