TANKS Travel Tales - a travelogue.......

    "Connections in our travels, Make for lasting memories and friendship." -  Timothy Tan, author of this blog Sunset, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (2018)

  "Travel Opens Up Our Minds, And Expand Our Horizons." -  Anonymous Cruise Ship, Hope Bay, Antarctica (2016)

  "Follow the Map in your Heart, Not the Maps of Travellers before You." -  Anonymous Kintai-kyo, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan (2019)

"Do not be afraid to get lost on your travels, You will only find yourself after you got lost." -  Anonymous Street Art, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia (2017)

"Experience Traditions, Explore Cultures, Expand Horizons, Travel the World... . "  -  Timothy Tan, author of this blog - tankstraveltales   The author sailing on Lake Ashi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan (2018)

"Your  journey is not found in any maps, Your journey is inside your heart. " -  Anonymous Itsukushima Shirne, Itsukushima, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan (2019)

"There is no unhappiness like the sighting of land (and work) again after a joyful, careless  voyage. " -  Mark Twain (30 Nov 1835 - 21 Apr 1910) - American Humorist, Writer, Publisher, Lecturer and Entrepreneur  Ferry plying the route between Helsinki and Tallinn in the Baltic Sea, Helsinki, Finland (2017)

"It's not what you look at that matters, It's what you see." -  Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) - American Naturalist, Poet and Philosopher Bees harvesting nectar from a lotus flower, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia (2016)

  "Looking at the Moon, Up in the night sky, Sitting in my room, Wandering where I will travel to next, My fantasies take flight. "  -  Timothy Tan, author of this blog - tankstraveltales   Stain Glass on Ceiling, National Museum, Singapore (2016)

"Don't save that travel experience for a special occasion, Travel while you can, Because you never know when you can no longer travel. "  - Anonymous Tram, Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland (2009)

"Wandering when I travel, Is to discover what I did not know about myself. "  -  Timothy Tan, author of this blog - tankstraveltales   Stairs on a forest hiking trail, Jiufen, Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan (2016)

" There are no foreign lands, It is the traveller only who is foreign." -  Robert Louis Stevenson (13 Nov 1850 - 3 Dec 1894) - Scottish Novelist) Fireplace, Grand Prairie, Texas, United States (2019)

"The world is a book, And those who do not travel read only a page. "  -  St Augustine (13 Nov 354 - 28 Aug 430) - Theologian, Philosopher and Bishop of Hippo Regius, Roman North Africa) Glencoe, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom (2011)

"Wherever in the World I travel to, The Moon is my constant companion, Whenever I look up at the night sky, I see the same Moon that accompany me in all my journeys."  -  Timothy Tan, author of this blog - tankstraveltales Street Vendors, Hoi An, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam (2018)

  "So, this is the place! The crowds,  coming, going, meeting, parting; Friends, strangers, known, unknown. - Translated from poem by  Semimaru (Japanese poet of the early Heian Period, name as recorded in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu ) Circle of Stones, Kamitsushimamachikin, Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan (2019)

  " Signs of Spring Sakura Blooming Strolling under the Spring Blossoms" -  Timothy Tan, author of this blog - tankstraveltales   Sakura blooming along the shores of Lake Biwa, Makino, Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, Japan (2018)

  "Let your dreams wander and bring you to places and adventures unknown." -  Timothy Tan, author of this blog - tankstraveltales   Pre Rup, Siem Reap, Cambodia (2015)    

    "A journey of a thousand li starts beneath one's feet ."  Contemporary translation: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" - Lao Tzu, ancient Chinese Philosopher and Writer, 4th century BC* Traditional-style house, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China (2015) *Lao Tzu was a legendary ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He was also reputedly the founder of Taoism. There is no firmed confirmation of the period when Lao Tzu lived. Dates ranged between the 4th century to 6th century BC.

  "Change is ever-present, we never get to visit the same place twice."  - Timothy Tan, author of this travel blog, tankstraveltales Torrii Gate, Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan (2018)

  "White clouds, green leaves, young leaves, for miles and miles. "  - Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), Haiku Master Lake Ashi viewed from Komagatake Peak of Mount Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan (2018)