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I cannot remember how old I was, somewhere about
23, I believe but, for some reason, I decided that there were four places
that I wanted to visit in my life. These were:
In 1994 I found myself on a business trip to
Beijing and managed to grab a free afternoon to get out to the Great Wall at
Badaling. In 1997 Liz and I took the boys to California and Arizona, where
we visited the Grand Canyon and flew over it in a six-seater plane. 2007 was
our 25th Wedding Anniversary and we visited the remote Okavango delta (the
river peters out into a swamp and does not reach the sea) in Botswana. Later
in the same holiday Adam bungee-jumped from the Victoiria Falls bridge! 2009
saw us visiting Peru and the Incan fortress of Machu Picchu (click
here to see a few photos from that trip).
If I am ever asked what motivates me then my
answer is always that, once the basics are paid for (shelter, food, etc.)
travel is a key factor. Needless to say, travel has not been limited to the
list of four destinations mentioned above. Liz and I have visited Sri Lanka,
Tunisia and Tunisia and spent many holidays in the US. Business travel has
also taken me to many countries in Eastern Europe, Russia and Argentina, to
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