Travel Quotes: December 2019

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"I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them then to travel with them." 

- Mark Twain
Overlooking a tea plantation while on a rest stop during a road trip, Ringlet, Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia (2018)

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