When speaking of revisiting childhood experience of majestic Victoria Falls, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, my father once gave me advice very similar to this:<\/p>\n
“It is part of wisdom never to revisit a wilderness, for the more golden the lily, the more certain that someone has gilded it. To return not only spoils a trip, but tarnishes a memory. It is only in the mind that shining adventure remains forever bright.”<\/p>\n
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