tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post4541433697643762755..comments2024-03-15T00:27:48.794-07:00Comments on Retire In Style Blog Too: Is it Possible to Find a Place on Earth that is Untouched?Barbara Torrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09618291241661047482noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-69350636702228103112018-01-14T06:48:01.054-08:002018-01-14T06:48:01.054-08:00I would love to visit those places!I would love to visit those places!Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-3291172455270745742018-01-14T06:47:07.139-08:002018-01-14T06:47:07.139-08:00Go for it. There are people that will go with you....Go for it. There are people that will go with you.Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-61052877609911118122018-01-13T00:44:50.749-08:002018-01-13T00:44:50.749-08:00Oh I admire you for getting on that plane, I much ...Oh I admire you for getting on that plane, I much prefer the train. I don't think even in Australia's remote aboriginal communities they could be described as untouched - maybe the more remote islands of Indonesia? I wish I was adventurous enough to give that a try!Maddyhttp://www.maddyathome.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-1342102095343085922018-01-11T10:21:21.187-08:002018-01-11T10:21:21.187-08:00I haven't traveled abroad at all (even though ...I haven't traveled abroad at all (even though I would love too) but, I've managed to find a few places like that here in the US. Where my mother grew up in the hollows of Eastern Kentucky and a few other places scattered around the country. They are the most peaceful places I've ever been.Rena McDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882680189860873105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-16626116701247149342018-01-11T09:56:46.520-08:002018-01-11T09:56:46.520-08:00I don't know anything about Leonardo Decaprio ...I don't know anything about Leonardo Decaprio and the chinook runs but I do know our weather is NOT normal. What that is caused by cannot be traced to one source but if we think that humans are not part of the problem, I disagree.<br><br>The wonderful thing about the activist movement is that we can turn off the TV or choose to ignore them. It is their right to voice their opinions even if we disagree. You too have the same rights. <br><br>The point here is that the world is becoming very small in the sense that even those old cultures want to live like we do. zIf they only could see the bad in that they would be so much better off. But the truth is we like to gaup and intrude in so many cases. If we could go into places like Sapa and avoid leaving our mark, that would be a very good thing.<br><br>Thank you for your input. Have a wonderful day.<br><br>b+Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-74062964149016276212018-01-11T09:47:49.864-08:002018-01-11T09:47:49.864-08:00I wrote this article back in 2012. I hope the arti...I wrote this article back in 2012. I hope the article is still available online. They say that there is no such thing as bad publicity but in this case I think you are right. Fortunately, those lost places are not easy to get to and most tourist are not that ambitious. It would be a tour company than creates the problem. Sigh!Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-13382802209559705852018-01-09T07:33:49.699-08:002018-01-09T07:33:49.699-08:00I agree with retirementallychallenged about starti...I agree with retirementallychallenged about starting a stampede of tourists. I recently watched a documentary on Inuit seal hunting and the impact demonstrations decades ago have had on that peoples' livelihood. I'm also reminded of Leonardo decaprio's rendition of witnessing "global warming" in the Rocky Mountain foothills when, in fact, he was witnessing a common chinook weather system. I think of some of the animal rights activists who are far-removed from nature yet seem to be the self-appointed spokespersons. The organic food fad comes to mind as well. Most people I know don't have the wherewithal to put up a year's supply of food for a family but have lots to say about production practices. Here's to the untouched places of the earth.Mona McGinnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12234038212082778117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-88145194935678865202018-01-08T16:17:22.169-08:002018-01-08T16:17:22.169-08:00Thank you for the link to the article about Atzomp...Thank you for the link to the article about Atzompa. When my husband and I spent five weeks of "slow travel" in Oaxaca last spring, we found a few places close by that were relatively untouched. I look forward to reading the article, but I hope no one else does. Unfortunately, often times articles like this start the stampede of tourists and the places no longer are the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-48669725503663148682012-06-18T16:07:58.407-07:002012-06-18T16:07:58.407-07:00Yes, finding them is the trick and once they are f...Yes, finding them is the trick and once they are found it doesn't take long before it is changed. <br><br>Thank you for stopping by Galen<br><br>bBarbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-1352456340168412192012-06-18T15:47:46.126-07:002012-06-18T15:47:46.126-07:00I think there must be some areas of land that have...I think there must be some areas of land that have not been touched--like at the poles. But are there cultures that have not been touched? I think those are much harder to find.Galen Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10189831838630645863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-56240718355473702672012-06-18T13:55:56.618-07:002012-06-18T13:55:56.618-07:00I don't see any head hunters in our future...w...I don't see any head hunters in our future...wow! But you are right...the more difficult the journey the better the experience at the end of the road. <br><br>Thank you for visiting Shelley. <br><br>bBarbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-60720925902076687022012-06-18T05:57:37.846-07:002012-06-18T05:57:37.846-07:00After 25 years of living and exploring overseas, w...After 25 years of living and exploring overseas, we learned that the best adventures were the ones you had to work hard to get to. We spent a night in a head hunter's long house in Borneo, years ago , when our kids were in Middle School. There were "Real" heads hanging from the posts. We woke up and found our boys floating down the river with the village kids. None of us have forgotten. We had to take two planes, a van ride and an hour and a half long tale ride up the river for this experience.Shelley Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889246053433038554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-17268746157672511772012-06-17T15:45:34.064-07:002012-06-17T15:45:34.064-07:00Janette...doesn't that just blow you away that...Janette...doesn't that just blow you away that a whole people would somehow be gone? It really is so sad.<br><br>bBarbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-76006474561402670472012-06-17T00:25:01.696-07:002012-06-17T00:25:01.696-07:00My husband worked with the Montagnard people when...My husband worked with the Montagnard people when he served in Vietnam. When he returned thirty years later to the same spot, there was little evidence of them. Still, the village was there with different, remote residents. <br>We often talk of the ancient people we have been blessed to visit. Many have already disappeared.<br>Thank you for sharing your travels with us!Janettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10054888725603183006noreply@blogger.com