#Mindful Travel

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Are you looking for a place to go on holiday? Are you looking for a way to make your travels more meaningful?

What if I told you could book an Airbnb & 50-100% of the Costs would go to Animal Sanctuaries? 💓🐤🐄🐖🐇

With The Vegan Stay, you're able to stay at a vegan bed & breakfast or an animal sanctuary. The worldwide accomodations range from jungle bungalows to peaceful rural stays to luxurious resorts to apartments to...animal sanctuary sites themselves. So, you can choose to have a plant-based, animal exploitation-free, eco-friendly travel experience. And, if you wish, you can get the opportunity to meet and pet rescue animals. You can learn first-hand just what these sanctuaries do for animals who have escaped unfortunate conditions. That's why this unique "Airbnb" platform exists; it seeks to support these animals to get all the care they need.

Jamie's Corner on YouTube shared her experience with The Vegan Stay in the video below:

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A journal for traveling ✈️✈️✈️

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this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

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Island-Hopping Without the Crowds: 7 Underrated Archipelagos

Discover 7 underrated archipelagos for a crowd-free island-hopping adventure. Explore offbeat beaches, vibrant marine life, local culture, and mindful travel experiences.

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Unplugged Adventures: Rediscovering Yourself Beyond the Screen

The Need for a Digital Detox: Evaluating Your Relationship with Technology In our fast-paced world, characterized by omnipresent technology, it becomes increasingly important to evaluate your relationship with digital devices. Whether you’re scrolling through social media feeds or checking emails, the emotional toll of excessive screen time often goes unnoticed until it becomes overwhelming.…

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Slow Travel: A New Way to Experience the World

Introduction

In an era where speed and efficiency dominate, the concept of slow travel offers a refreshing counterpoint. This travel philosophy emphasizes quality over quantity, encouraging travelers to deeply engage with their destinations rather than merely skimming the surface. But what exactly is slow travel, and why should you consider it for your next adventure?

What is Slow Travel?

Slow travel is an approach that prioritizes immersive experiences and meaningful connections over hurried sightseeing. It involves staying longer in one place, savoring local cultures, and interacting with residents. Slow travelers often choose sustainable practices, such as eco-friendly transportation and locally-owned accommodations, to reduce their environmental footprint and support local economies.

Characteristics of Slow Travel

Intentionality: Thoughtful planning with an emphasis on sustainability and mindful choices.

Authenticity: Seeking genuine experiences and living like a local.

Connection: Forming relationships with local people and other travelers.

Sustainability: Prioritizing eco-friendly and local options.

Benefits of Slow Travel

Reduced Stress: A slower pace allows for relaxation and enjoyment, free from the rush of traditional travel itineraries.

Deeper Connections: Extended stays foster a deeper understanding of local cultures and ways of life.

Unique Discoveries: By avoiding the typical tourist trail, slow travelers often find hidden gems and unique experiences.

Positive Impact: Supporting local businesses and reducing environmental impact through sustainable practices.

Tips for Embracing Slow Travel

Choose Thoughtfully: Select destinations that intrigue you and where you can imagine staying for an extended period.

Flexible Planning: Create a loose itinerary that leaves room for spontaneous adventures and discoveries.

Travel Off-Season: Experience destinations without the crowds and at a more relaxed pace.

Local Exploration: Walk, bike, or use public transport to get a closer look at your surroundings.

Engage Locally: Stay in locally-owned accommodations, dine at local eateries, and interact with residents.

Disconnect: Reduce screen time and be fully present in your surroundings.

Conclusion

Slow travel is not just a trend but a lifestyle choice that encourages mindful and sustainable exploration. By slowing down, we open ourselves to deeper connections, richer experiences, and a more profound understanding of the world around us. Whether embarking on a long-term journey or incorporating slow travel principles into a shorter trip, you'll find that this approach to travel offers unparalleled rewards. Embrace slow travel and discover a new way to see the world.

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Book 2 au with Zuko and Katara Lee and Huamei

Katara is separated from her friends, and so she's left to travel the earth kingdom on her own. She stumbles across Zuko, who is similarly travelling on his own. They decide that pairing up and travelling together would be best

[akanemnon]

That's two jailbreaks in one day!

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MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)

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Travel is full of surprises; some may let you down, but most of the time it's very pleasant. Any experience can be enhanced with the appropriate mindset so travelling mindfully to savor the moment and be in awe of your surroundings.🌏🚵🏊

Follow us for more tips to travel mindfully!

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Family Dinners - dpxdc

"Holy shit, you're Bruce Wayne!" Danny gaped, jabbing a finger at the man sitting at the head of the table.

The bustling dining room goes silent as everyone turns to look at him.

"Danny, who did you think was going to be here?" Tim asks, disbelief plain in his voice and Danny feels his face flush red.

"Sorry, I, uh, I guess I just never put it together. Tim Drake-Wayne. Wayne Manor. It, uh, makes sense now." He laughs sheepishly and scrubs at his neck before slumping back down into his chair.

"Well," Tim says with an indulgent sigh, "at least I know you're not just friends with me for my connections."

"Yeah, I'm really sorry, I just never thought about it, I guess."

Danny sinks lower as everyone around him laughs. Come to dinner, he said, the food is the best, he said, ignore the family, he said. Danny really wishes he'd listened to Tim and just ignored them—almost as much as he's regretting accepting the offer in the first place—but... he's having dinner with Batman.

Ancients, that's so weird!

The last time he saw Batman was in the future and, suffice it to say, it was not going well. There hadn't really been time for family dinners there.

Wait. Family dinners?

He peers around the table, openly gawking at everyone as it all clicks into place.

"Everything alright, Danny? Now realising who everyone else is?" Tim asks with a roll of his eyes.

"Uh... something like that..." Danny mumbles as everyone laughs again.

From further down the table, the smallest Wayne scoffs and clicks his tongue.

"I thought you said he was smart, Drake?"

"So, you all do it, too, then?" he asks, ignoring the jibe. Danny's only a little bit jealous as he thinks of how much easier they must have it, how much easier it'd be if his family had been on his side, too. "You all work together?"

"Nah," Dick says from across the table with a brilliant grin. "Tim's the only one that works with Bruce, we all have different jobs. I'm a police officer in Bludhaven."

"Disgusting." Danny blurts out without thinking—because seriously, what kind of self-respecting vigilante would also be a police officer?—before clapping a hand over his mouth. "Sorry."

The whole table laughs again, the loudest being the blonde girl a few spaces down from Dick. Look, Danny wasn't really paying attention to names when they were all paraded in front of him. Dick only gets remembered because his name is a joke.

Come on, Danny, recover!

"That's, uh, not what I meant, though."

"Oh?" Dick asks, cocking his head slightly to the side. Is it Danny's imagination or does his smile tense slightly?

"Yeah, I mean like, you know, in costume. It must make it so much easier to have everyone together like this."

"Costume? What do you mean?"

Yeah, Danny's not imagining it, everyone tenses up at that. It's really only now that he's realising that this probably isn't how he should bring up that he knows about their... night time activities. In fact, he probably shouldn't be bringing it up at all.

"Uuhhh..." Danny looks wildly around the table as he continues making his stupid noise. Think, think, think! There must be a way out of this!

"Danny?" Tim asks, looking concerned.

"Oh, Ancients, this isn't how I wanted it to go at all," he mutters, slipping even further into his chair. He's almost on the floor now and he so, so wishes it could just swallow him up.

His real first meeting with Batman was meant to be cool! He had planned to be Phantom, maybe save them from a tight spot, prove his worth as a mysterious and powerful ally as thanks for the help Batman gave him in the future.

"Danny, what are you talking about?" Tim starts tugging on his sleeve in an attempt to pull him back up from his pit of despair.

Eventually, Danny relents and sits up straighter, hiding his face in his hands and whining all the while.

"I'm sorry, I just didn't expect him to be here and it threw me off so now I look stupid and it's so embarrassing!" he wails, flailing his arms wide. "Why wouldn't you warn me that Batman was your adopted dad, Tim? Couldn't you have let me know?"

"I'm sorry, what? Danny are you alright? There's no way Bruce can be Batman, look at him!"

"Yeah," the blonde girl laughs from the bottom of the table, "look at him! That's a wet noodle of a man! Batman can actually do things, B is incapable of pretty much everything."

"Thank you, Stephanie," Bruce sighs, massaging his forehead.

It's... Those are the first words Danny's heard Batman say since everything went down and it's enough to knock him out of his embarrassment.

It's really good to hear his voice again. Especially now, when it's strong and healthy and full of personality—even if that personality is little more than a tired father right now—far better than how it had been, at the end.

Danny sits up, back straight, and grins. He's got this. He remembers it perfectly. Some people count sheep to fall asleep, Danny repeats his mantra to be certain that he'll never forget it.

"Gamma alpha upsilon tau iota mu epsilon, 42, 63, 28, 1 colon 65 dash 9."

Once again, the whole table falls into silence.

"Holy shit..." breathes the other D name (Duke? Danny's pretty sure he's Signal) from opposite Stephanie. "Isn't that...?"

"The time travelling code." The littlest Wayne says stiffly. "We have met in the future?"

"That's not just the time travelling code, Dami." Dick says, looking between Danny and Bruce. "That's the family time travelling code."

Danny's grin freezes in place.

"I'm sorry, what?"

"1 colon 65 dash 9." Dick explains, still flicking between him and Bruce. "It means you've been adopted into the family and we should all treat you as such, no questions asked."

"Tell you what, I'm about to ask a question." Danny says, dumbstruck. "You just told me it was a code to identify time travellers, not anything about being adopted! What the hell, B?"

Bruce looks about as shellshocked as Danny feels.

"We must have been close," he says finally, after opening and closing his mouth like a fish out of water a few times.

"No! Not that close!" Danny reels back, taking a deep breath ready to refute it all, but... "Well, I mean, you found me when I first got stuck, and you helped me get better despite being... And then we fought together against the, uh, bad guy, before he, um, he... before you couldn't."

An uncomfortable beat passes while they all pick up on what Danny tried so hard not to say.

"So, you're not from the future, then, you travelled there and came back?" Tim asks, breaking the tension and leaning forward with a glint in his eye.

"Yeah, it was a whole end of the world thing, but don't worry about it," Danny says with a hand wave, "It's all kosher now, won't ever happen."

"What did happen?"

"Seriously, don't worry about it, we cool."

"How long in the future was it?"

"About ten years? You were pretty spry for an old man, B," Danny laughs, wishing they'd get off the topic of what happened and get back to the adoption bit.

Everyone shares degrees of a cautious smile as they relax out of the shock, and Dick—whose grin is the biggest—says, "No wonder you got the family code, you're already riffing on him like one of us. How long were you there for?"

"A week, before I managed to get back to my present and stop him then."

"A week? Jeez, B, that has to set some kind of record, seriously."

"Oh!" Danny says, sitting bolt upright and blinking in surprise before pointing at Dick and bouncing in his seat. "You're Nightwing!"

"What?"

"That's exactly what Nightwing said when Batman told me the code! Makes so much more sense now."

Dick laughs and claps his hands, delighted.

"You were not formally adopted?" The grumpy small one—Dami?—asks, his face pinched.

"I didn't even know I was informally adopted."

"And your parents? Are they alive or dead?"

"Damian, stop—"

"They were dead in the future, but they're alive now." Danny says, looking down. He fiddles with the tablecloth, twisting the fabric around his fingers as he fights down the pang of sadness that he always feels when he thinks of them now. He forces a bright smile on his face and hopes it doesn’t look too strained. "I just, uh, can't talk to them much, anymore."

"Damian," Dick warns, "1 colon 65 dash 9. Treat them as family, no questions asked."

"This is Damian treating him as family, the little turd has no manners." Tim scoffs, rolling his eyes, but he gently bumps shoulders with Danny to knock him out of his funk. Danny can't help but send him a watery smile.

"I have the most exemplary manners, Drake, unlike some people." Damian spits, crossing his arms with a pout. "I was merely ascertaining his status to see how he could possibly fit into the family."

"I know this is all a bit sudden, Danny," Bruce smiles, ignoring Damian and reaching out to lay a warm hand on his arm, "for all of us. But if I felt strongly enough to give you that code after spending a week with you in the future, then you are more than welcome in this family, if you so choose it. I think I can speak for all of us when I say we'd like to get to know you a bit more."

"I know a threat when I hear it, Bruce." Danny snorts. "But, yeah, I get it. I'm sorry this is all so weird, it really wasn't how I wanted to find you again, but... I'm glad I did."

"So are we, Danny." Dick says, with a warm smile. "And formally or not, 1 colon 65 dash 9 means you're family. Welcome to the fun house! No take backs or refunds, sorry. You're stuck with us."

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Someone mailed me a bunch of handmade tiny orcas..I….oh, MY GOD, hahahaha. Whoever it was, I hope you're having a reeeeally great day because you absolutely made mine

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[randomminty]

Five billion octopath 2 scribbles i feel sick

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Mindful Trekking: Best Trails to Explore Slowly

Discover mindful trekking trails worldwide. Explore nature at a slow pace, embrace nature, and reconnect with yourself through meditative hikes.

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Swift travels.

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