GRAND VOYAGES
Adventure of a lifetime No matter how much you love your comfort zone, there’s something special about visiting new countries, experiencing different cultures and meeting like-minded people. On a world cruise with CMV, you get all of that and more. WORDS: RODERICK EIME
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umans are a funny bunch. Some of us are perfectly content to stay at home and watch television, experiencing the world mostly through a flatscreen while being surrounded by our other creature comforts. Others are the proverbial ‘rolling stones’; always on the move and gathering no moss. The latter are usually the ones prasied for ‘really living’, ticking off their bucket lists, making friends all over the world and living by Helen Keller’s famous quote: “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” But when we talk of adventure, and adventure cruising, what do we mean? ‘Adventure’ doesn’t have to mean wading through crocodile-infested rivers in Borneo or bungee-jumping off the edge of a cliff. Most of us get just as much out of taking a journey to a country we’ve never visited before; one that’s full of unfamiliar sights and smells, where the streets echo with the sounds of an exotic foreign tongue. If you’ve ever daydreamed of such an experience, or had your imagination captured by a TV travel show — where the host wanders wide-eyed through a market filled with bizarre fruits and vegetables, or is lucky enough to stumble upon a traditional dance by locals, complete with alluring costumes — then know that you can do this too. No matter how much you enjoy your comfort zone, there are always different ways to experience lifechanging adventure.
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