Hello guys!

I’m happy to say that many more members have joined us on PanamaForum.com over the last week. A big welcome to all new members!

This week I’ll be sharing some great travel quotes with you. This is the second part of travel quotes, part one is here: Travel Quotes Part 1

“Now I know why they tell you to put your head between your knees on crash landings. You think you’re going to kiss your ass good-bye.”
-Terry Hanson

“The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.”
- Rudyard Kipling

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”
- Jawaharial Nehru

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”
- Henry Miller

“A passport, as I’m sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between countries, so the officials can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly.”
- Lemony Snicket

“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.”
- G.K. Chesterton

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
- Mark Twain

I hope you enjoyed them as much as I have.

Have lots of fun and see you next week!

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