Wilfred
Thesiger
,
the
explorer
once
said
,
?
We
live
our
lives
second
-
hand
.
'
Sadly
,
his
words
are
true
for
far
too
many
of
us
,
as
we
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in
front
of
the
television
,
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in
reality
television
,
living
our
adventures
through
the
words
and
pictures
of
others
.
But
it
does
not
have
to
be
that
way
?
there
are
more
opportunities
than
ever
for
taking
a
break
from
our
increasingly
sanitised
lives
and
exploring
not
only
some
exotic
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of
the
globe
,
but
also
our
own
abilities
and
ambitions
.
The
kind
of
first
-
hand
experience
whose
loss
Thesiger
laments
is
still
available
for
anyone
willing
to
forsake
the
beaten
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and
put
their
mind
to
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off
into
the
less
explored
regions
of
this
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planet
.
The
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in
travel
in
recent
years
has
been
towards
what
is
known
as
adventure
travel
.
But
adventure
doesn't
have
to
involve
physical
exertion
;
be
it
haggling
over
a
souvenir
in
Peru
,
or
getting
lost
in
the
labyrinthine
passages
of
a
Moroccan
souk
,
it
all
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