Abstracts of the world

This page offers abstracts and summaries from travelogues and other content on Sandalsand. Let’s soar to new heights as we explore the unique features and shared elements that define our planet and life on it.

This Week in Nature

Defensive Structures

European City Breaks

Religious Buildings

Iron Wheels

Inspirations

Most of the posts in this section are part of series. In the following bullet list, the links are to the first post in each series:

If you are looking for regular travelogues, head for the Destinations page. If you want to learn more about the world around us, and how Sandalsand deals with it, look into the other pages in the Specials menu: Writing and publishing and Travelling. Did you know that Sandalsand is on YouTube?

The illustration above is from a flight along the Himalayas.

 

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Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents. (Italo Calvino)

Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure. (Irving Wallace)

The road must eventually lead to the whole world. (Jack Kerouac)

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. (Jawaharal Nehru)

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