In the spring of 2000 I participated in a University of Calgary overseas field study programme. Under the guidance of Dr. Peter Herrem, one of my favourite professors, we set out to study the physical environment, people and culture...and of course, to drink ourselves stupid. The trip was a huge success, I learned so much with out even realizing I had done so, and it gave me the travel bug that continues to this day. We spent two months traveling 'round the world (literally!) to Japan, China, Thailand, India, Egypt, Jordan and Greece. During one of Dr. Herrem's inspirational on-site lectures, he uttered the wordsDistance. Direction. Connection.as a possible definition of geography. The meaning can be interpreted several ways, but here's my take. It's not distance in the physical sense, but rather a goal or objective,
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