Comments on: Beauty Is In The Ride Of The Beholder http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/08/23/beauty-is-in-the-ride-of-the-beholder/ Online travel magazine dedicated to exploring travel in the 21st century. Offering travel news, compelling interviews, online travel tools, and more. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:15:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mala Mukunda http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/08/23/beauty-is-in-the-ride-of-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-13354 Mala Mukunda Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:28:26 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/08/23/beauty-is-in-the-ride-of-the-beholder/#comment-13354 True! To me, the idea of ‘buying somewhere else’ is as exciting as being somewhere else. Innumerable times have I come home to find identical souvenirs at malls and at the local art or import store. But would my picking up the piece at a chain store transport me to the place it came from, would it remind me of my exchange with the shopkeeper in sign language to decide its price, or it was raining the day I bought it and the earth smelled really fresh after it stopped? Nah, I think I will stick to buying my trinkets in the places I visit. Mala Mukunda True! To me, the idea of ‘buying somewhere else’ is as exciting as being somewhere else. Innumerable times have I come home to find identical souvenirs at malls and at the local art or import store. But would my picking up the piece at a chain store transport me to the place it came from, would it remind me of my exchange with the shopkeeper in sign language to decide its price, or it was raining the day I bought it and the earth smelled really fresh after it stopped? Nah, I think I will stick to buying my trinkets in the places I visit.
Mala Mukunda

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