This experience junkie is privileged (or doomed?) to spend more time in planes and hotels than in the office. Curiosity and a sliver of time go a long way in seizing every moment offered to explore this beautiful blue marble.
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- Above the cloudson May 27, 2016 in Travel in the airFrom down below the sky often looks the same. Either it is blue, or there are some clouds drifting, or a degree of overcast or even completely gray. But from above the clouds the sky is never the same. There … Continue reading →...
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