According to Hallmark this is probably the very first Father’s Day card commercially printed. What follows is their version of this holiday’s history… Some 4,000 years ago a Babylonian boy named Elmesu may have carved the first Father’s Day card but clay. A few thousand years later a woman named Sonora Louise Dodd was sittingContinue reading “A History of Father’s Day: From Ancient Times to Modern America”
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Graffiti Found In Flåm, Norway
Graffiti From The Intentional Travelers Collection. Found On A Building In Flåm? Graffiti comes in all types from street art, protests, to political cxommentary and simply ugly. Sometimes it just leaves us wondering about what the message could be? This one was just such a case… Any ideas? Click below to visit these popular travelContinue reading “Graffiti Found In Flåm, Norway”
Reflections On Time Spent In Namibia
People, places and captured moments from The Intentional Travelers . Reflections On The People Of Namibia Recently I (we) spent some extended and unplanned time in Walvis Bay, Namibia. This isn’t the first time we’ve had an opportunity to get to know a number of local people as we’ve traveled but this was an eyeContinue reading “Reflections On Time Spent In Namibia”
Serious As A Heart Attack In Namibia!
What’s In Your Wallet? The Financial Side Of Our Recent International Medical Emergency Serious As A Heart Attack In Namibia! Introduction (if you want to get to the important stuff, skip ahead as our detailed information begins below with “serious as a heart attack“ We’ve researched travel insurance, spoken with people who had emergencies onContinue reading “Serious As A Heart Attack In Namibia!”
I Think This Could Be A Problem!
People, places and captured moments selected from The Intentional Travelers photo collection. Telephone poles strung with tangles of wires have been a common sight in many countries throughout Asia and it is equally common to see several workers searching through a junction box packed with an equally large tangle of wires. This pole was inContinue reading “I Think This Could Be A Problem!”
Where The World Still Shops
People, places and captured moments selected from The Intentional Travelers photo collection. Sellers in the city market in Hoi An, Vietnam. In North America along with many aditional cities around the planet most people get their groceries in modern supermarkets. It may be a highly efficient distribution system but something has been lost along theContinue reading “Where The World Still Shops”
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