Emerging Explorers

This week has been one hell of a another boring one. If u guys read my previous post then you will understand. The past four days almost killed me, luckily with my so-called survival skills i managed to stay alive. Ngeheheh.. And today, being the last day of the week, i am always so very lazy to come to the office. Nevertheless, i still do. Macam la aku ni berani sgt nak ponteng-ponteng. Heheh.

Just now i was browsing around National Geographic website to find something to read about, and i hit a button to the "EMERGING EXPLORERS" column.

And, i found it quite interesting. Don't worry Dueng, your habit of reading lengthy texts, even if it is obviously a crap, resides in me too :) I can even find time to read all the Bulletin Posts in Friendster.LOL.

So there are some new explorers featured in the column. To be exact, 6 or them. Out of 6, 4 of them are woman. After reading their profiles and stories, i was particularly fascinated with Kira Salak, a braveheart adventurer and a skilled writer.

This woman has done all it takes to travel to the most remote parts of the world, ALONE. Her determination and courage is what counts most in her success. She is even labeled as the real-world "Lara Croft" by the New York Times.

She has been to most of the continents in the world, and remote places like Madagascar, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh and Borneo. She kayaked solo for 966km down the Niger River in West Africa, to Timbuktu in Mali. She joined a 1127km cycling trip that takes her to the Arctic Ocean. She even ventured into the Congo Civil War Zone to have a glimpse of the Mountain Gorilla crisis. And she did it all alone. Just how determined is she? Right now she is planning to traverse Mongolia on a horseback!

But all her adventures does not come with nothing.Through her adventures she found a way to view the world in a different perception, and she gave us a chance to also see what the world has yet not seen. She had covered many issues during her travel, and she documented it in her writings.

I salute this lady. Maybe i could find her books to read more about her adventure. For more gripping facts of her, click here.