I guess that's kind of the point of the song, right? It's a great big world if you're trying to walk it, but as you go you'll discover many points of common experience, feeling and understanding with the people who inhabit it.
Tina and Eric are two of the people inhabiting my corner of the world, as Peace Corps volunteers in Namibia. I love their blog, Littlebackpackbigworld, which includes posts on longboard skateboarding the mean streets of the Namib Desert, how to be a vegan in a seriously meat-oriented country (including how to acquire and cook these amazing mushrooms the size of your head), and Tina's piece on four things she has learned about Namibia, including that people really love meat here, that alcoholism is a big problem with a complex past, that many children are taught not to question what they're told, and that wealth disparity (as of 2000, the highest wealth disparity in the world; the US was fifth but has probably moved up since) is a source of concern. I used this piece in our English Improvement group/club two weeks ago, when 2017's shadows were visiting, and it prompted an excellent, wide-ranging discussion.
Check them out for a fresh perspective on travel, Namibia, Peace Corps, cooking and eating, meditation and more.
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