| There are companies that pay out a bonus only if | | | | they have their own eco system. In the darkness |
| you take leave. That is because they think it is | | | | a different kind of animal lurks. Bats, snakes and |
| important that you get away from work. Taking | | | | other creatures. You find the everlasting dripping |
| leave and staying home is also not advisable. But | | | | water forming crystals and a fantasy world. You |
| what can it do for you if you travel often? | | | | find rock art done by people that knew nothing |
| A Rewarding Experience? | | | | but caves. For them the caves were survival and |
| This question will certainly not come from those | | | | I believe a home. |
| people that travel. I have heard people that say | | | | History, Science, Evolution Enlighten us. |
| they have not seen their own country and that is | | | | The history we dig up in caves open our world as |
| why they will not travel abroad. My honest | | | | we see it. North of Johannesburg you find the |
| reaction is that they will seldom see their own | | | | Sterkfontein cave. A simple skull and parts of a |
| country. The reward is simply not that great. This | | | | skeleton found here showed that these people |
| does not say your own country is not good | | | | were more than animals. Mrs Pless is a famous |
| enough. I simply say the two are not the same. | | | | skull found at a time when religious beliefs were |
| But that is a choice and if you wish then go and | | | | still very conservative. Today we are more |
| see your own country. You also do not have to | | | | flexible when we think about life and death and |
| go away for a week. Take a short trip on a | | | | we can now even accept that animals might have |
| Saturday afternoon. | | | | been the first humans. They made fire, gathered |
| Travel Your Own Country | | | | food for winter and even buried their dead. |
| To get in a train or on a bus or in a car will enrich | | | | To travel is rewarding in that it opens our mind |
| you to travel. The very fact that you go and | | | | and the way we see our present world. Caves |
| sleep in a different place and see new things | | | | for one can show us history, it can show us |
| always leave a lasting impression. Not everybody | | | | science in action and |
| wants to turn down the dusty road and enter a | | | | It can show us how things evolved. This might |
| cave. But those that do will find more than | | | | not seem like much but it will make you think |
| darkness inside. They will come to face with | | | | about the things you believe in and it might give |
| history, science and evolution to name a few. | | | | you something to talk about when you get |
| While caves are nothing but holes in a mountain, | | | | visitors. |