May 16 2008
All Continents Covered!
I was waiting for this day. My little map thingy that shows where all of the visitors to this blog are from finally has a red dot from Africa. That was the last of the continents to be represented by visitors, so whomever dropped by from Africa, thank you for completing the list.
This summer I will be doing a presentation for Upward Bound students about cultures in other countries. Basically, I plan to show scenes from all of the countries and far away places I have visited around the world. As I get those scenes gathered and prepared, I will share with you here.
If you are from Hawaii, Mexico, Japan, Thailand, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Australia, or Bahrain, I have visited your country. Those were the most fascinating days of my life, when I had the chance to see other places first hand. I was out of the USA for 2 years and I can tell you it felt very nice to return home after being away so long.
I believe it gave me a perspective on the world that people who have not traveled cannot have. It makes me appreciate very much the abundance we have in the US, and also I am very appreciative of other ways of life that are very different our own. I think many Americans simply have no clue about anything other than the American way of life.
Blogging has been an exciting venue for connecting with folks from outside of the US, with similar interests but entirely different perspectives. Thanks to all who have helped make this a worthwhile experience.
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We have the extra widget on our wiki that tells the city and country people are from. I promised 50,000 bonus points to who ever gets someone from Antarctica to register a visit on out site. Of course with the economy the way it is the 50,000 bonus points are only worth about 6.5 today.