"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ February 21, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-02-16

URL: https://youtu.be/OnL_bjY_13c 

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for February 21, 2016. 

It’s by Isabelle Eberhardt, AKA Si Mahmoud Essadi, a Russian-Armenian journalist and explorer who was born in Switzerland.  She lived from 1877 to 1904.

“A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.” 

So what are your thoughts on today’s quote? Here’s mine:

“Many of us, especially when we get our first taste of international travel, would like to keep rolling forever.  But not many people would take it to the extent that Isabelle Eberhardt did. In the late 19th and early 20th century, she became fascinated with Arab culture in North Africa and supported their opposition to French colonial control.  To travel on her own, she disguised herself as a man, learned Arabic, converted to Islam, and changed her name.  Ostracized and deported, she found ways to return.  She was a true nomad like few others.”

Now…here’s the list of all the sources quoted in February.  I hope you’ll stop by each day to enjoy all the interesting and insightful things they have to say.  And leave a comment.  I’d like to hear your thoughts too.  Thanks, and see you tomorrow!

February 1-29, 2016 (entries listed by date and source):
01 Rene Descartres
02 Yogi Berra
03 Dave Mathews Band
04 George Santayana
05 (African Proverb)
06  Daniel Boorstin
07 Michel de Montaigne
08 (Korean Proverb)
09 Helen Hayes
10 J. R. R. Tolkien
11 G. K. Chesterton
12 Lord Dunsany
13 (The Dhammapada)
14 Japanese Proverb)
15 James Michener
16 Oliver Goldsmith
17  (Unknown)
18  Hillaire Belloc
19 Kin Hubbard
20 Will Rogers
21 Isabelle Eberhardt
22 Socrates
23 Sri Sathva Baba
24 Thomas Jefferson
25 Charles Louis de Secondat
26 (Quran: Al-Hujurat/13)
27 William Least Heat Moon
28 Saint Augustin of Hippo
29 Samuel Butler

Presented by Dr. Stan McGahey.  Want to learn how the tourism industry works? View my free series of short, narrated PPTs on a variety of important topics, entitled “Demystifying Tourism” on YouTube.