Sunset in Mandelay
The call of that old Pan Am commercial that serenaded each morning has been answered. Substituting other airlines and adding a cruise ship, we did go round the world. We ventured into the exotic and unknown. Often we commented that we "weren’t in Kansas anymore." We added new names, some we had never heard of before, to our travel map. We came back with stories and pictures and a basic knowledge of a world far different from our own and one that will have an increasing impact upon ours.
We saw the burdens and benefits of French and British colonialism. We saw peoples little changed in a hundred years and cities more modern than our home town. Conversations with Europeans, Africans and Asians broadened our view point and gave us a great deal to contemplate about this fast changing world.
Our trip was wonderful, amazing, educational and just fun, but we are glad to be home. For almost two months we were spoiled, no meals to plan, no dishes to do, no beds to make, everything at our fingertips with people to attend to our every need or desire. Nice for a bit, but old after a while. Dorothy was right, there is no place like home.
We enjoyed having you follow us and hope you will join us again when we head out on a search for Jack Danials in the RV in the spring.
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