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     One of the most eye opening things we can do as humans on this planet is travel. Traveling is a great way to see and try new things, experience new cultures, and to meet new people with different outlooks on life. One interesting place to visit is Suriname. The language spoken is Dutch, and the surinamese dollar is king. It exists on the South American Tectonic plate and is a land of many wonders offering swamplands, deltas and coastal plains, mountains, volcanoes, and rolling hills. It even has 7 major rivers. Suriname is a tropical place with climes between 28 Celsius to 32 Celsius during the day and reaching a breezy 21 Celsius at night. Be sure to time your travels appropriately as the seasons are a touch different. There are 2 wet seasons with the first and longest between April and August and the second between December and February. In the west coast region, there is approximately 76 inches of rain per year, and 95 inches of rain per year in the eastern region...

   The self is such a vast and variable concept. My "About Me" is changing with each passing day as though it were a beach that is being reshaped by the sea's relentless waves. Perhaps this is part of why I am so fond of all things marine. The creatures are so curious- they do something I cannot. I want to know more about them and their lives beneath the surface; I want them to continue to live. People are not unlike the creatures of the sea- curious, doing things I cannot, and being things I am not. I want to study them and get to know their "About Me{'s}", see if they have similar changes. Have they considered anything at all in the ways I have? Have they looked at the waves the way I have?     The waves, soothing and hypnotic, bring wonder with each ebb towards and flow from the beaches of the world.  I like to watch the waves and to see them change the shore by leaving something new or taking something away.  I often liken the waves to the thoughts an...