Travel Resolution

My old passport expires exactly today, luckily its replacement has arrived just in time to begins its life

cycle. There is a quote from Horace Greeley on the new passport that reads, "Go west, young man, and grow up with the country." But I am thinking, I will go East and rise with the Sun!

With the old one, I have been briefly detained in some rural Ethiopia between Shire and Gonder because local authorities could not either verify its legitimacy, or because they couldn't read English, but were to prideful to admit it smile emoticon

I have been striped down to my underpants in Dubai, at which point I offered to take that out too if it helps lol. I unintentionally offended two civilian closed officials, because I refused to be taken away and questioned from the middle of the airport unless they showed me their credentials smile emoticon

I had it taken away for a bit in Mexico...some good times, but not enough.

Now, my goal is to put the new one to a good use by visiting more places. In my wildest dreams I would ran out of space for visa stamps before it expires in another 10 years. Although that will be unlikely as the pages has increased from 24 to 51.

Let's see how I do. I am sure by then, Facebook will have evolved to track my 10 year travel resolution. Counting on the endless possibilities of human imagination.

Cheers,

Daniel