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More
than 200 quotations taken from novels, poems, essays, articles,
travel journals, accompanied by hundreds of images (maps, period
reproductions, pictures)
4 interviews (conversations). To Umberto Galimberti, philosopher
and psychoanalyst, on the meaning of travelling in a society dominated
by technology. To Fulco Pratesi, environmentalist and essayist,
about eco-travelling. To Staffan de Mistura, United Nations representative
in Italy, about the state of the world we travel through. To Ferdinando
Scianna, one of the most important Italian photographers, with a
choice of his pictures. Other sections concern: music from the world;
a map of spiritual journeys; some projects of space tourism; a history
of spices; a list of associations engaged in projects of assistance
and solidarity all over the world; a short story about an itinerary
through East Africa
In the Utility Appendix there are: one year long events; health;
climate and seasons; a list of useful addresses ranging from embassies
and tourist boards to solidarity and protection associations, a
table of conversion of measures; international phone codes; exchange
rates; a check-list of things to bring
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"Our
nature lies in movement, complete repose is death.
Blaise Pascal, Pensées
"O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you,
yet I love you, You express me better than I can express myself"
Walt Whitman, Song of the Open Road
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only
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