Why do we explore? What do we travel at all? Wouldn’t it just be easier to sit at home on our butts and watch TV all day? I mean, travel requires all that planning, all that exertion. Yuck.
Well, face it. We travel because it stirs our spirits, because there is something in us that wants to know, that demands we see things for ourselves. Exploration is a part of us, it is what makes us human.
So listen to some of these great NPR stories about explorers and exploration. I have listened to all of them, and some are better than others, but all of them are worthwhile. Listen and enjoy, and if you don’t some away fired up to get out there, well, something is wrong with you.