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Hello my dear subscribers,<br /><br />Tomorrow I am leaving to my next trip It is not only my travel addiction, that drives me. I have to travel for health reasons also. Life in America is pretty unhealthy. People in the not so prosperous countries walk for groceries, walk to work, run after overcrowded buses and fight with others to get inside. This provides them with much needed amount of daily exercises, the natural way. Americans almost do not walk. They go everywhere by car. Every task which requires even a small muscular effort is mechanized or automated. Even two story buildings have an elevator. This, along with abandons of food produce an un-intentional result. Americans became fatter and fatter. Dedicated people with strong will, would wake up earlier and go for a jog, go to gym and eat, not tasty, but healthy vegetables. This way they stay in shape. Ordinary folks don't do that and get fat. A Stunning 70% of Americans are overweight.<br /><br />This is an unexpected result of a sincere efforts to make people's live better and easier. I did not get overweight yet, but I definitely got out of shape during four months of sitting in front of the computer and traveling between the computer and the fridge.

Travel to St. Petersburg and Mongolia (part I)

Alex Mumzhiu
2006-03-22 18:13:34

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training in bravery. He walked alone at night through the area of camp where prisoners were allowed to walk free. This is a pretty good idea. Bravery, as well as any other skill, can be trained. An untrained person, if he gets in a dangerous situation can get panicked, because fear is not a good adviser.

I also did similar things and mainly for the same reason. For example, in 1997 I got lost (on-purpose) in Naples (Italy) in a rented car. I left my map in the hotel, on-purpose too. The goal of this exercise was to maneuver the car through this most crazy Italian city, surrounded by crazy Italian drivers and eventually to find my way to my hotel, which is what I did. Well I should add that in order to make this exercise more difficult I had couple drinks.

Yesterday I had the inspiration for such an exercise again. Without a map, I rode my bike well after midnight to the area near and behind the Leningrad sea port. This area used to be dangerous in the past. In the North-West portion of the port, I found a deep tunnel. I did not know where it went. Anyhow, I rode in it and got to a great place about which most people who live in SPB do not know. This place is called Kanonersky Island. This island is located behind the sea channel through which sea ships come to SPB port. The only connection the island has with the rest of the city is trough this deep tunnel which goes under the sea channel. It should be one of the best kept secret here in SPB. It has the best uninterrupted view of the Gulf of Finland. Gigantic oceanic ships move slowly ind almost soundlessly through the channel. Amazing place. I would advice these of my readers who live in SPB to visit this island.

Alex Mumzhiu
Sankt Petersburg Russia
July 10 2003 1:30am

This endless rain make me to change my plans again. In an hour my friend Vladia D. and I will go by train to Barnaul (Russian Altay). We will go down along Chuiskii tract to Mongolian border, cross to Mongolia and visit Mongolian Altay, Than my friend will be back and I will continue to China

Alex Mumzhiu
Moskow Russia
Kazanskii Vokzal
July 18 2003 7pm