After our poetic selection of offers, literally everyone wants to get to our blog and tell us about their favorite offers. Today, famous travelers asked to speak.
The problem turned out to be that not all great travelers are great storytellers. Unlike poets, few of them can formulate thoughts beautifully and coherently, so we simply took their favorite offers and added descriptions from ourselves. For the sake of convenience, which is especially appreciated when traveling.
1. Alexandra David-Neel
Alexandra David-Neel: opera singer, anarchist, member of the Masonic lodge and the first European woman to enter the closed capital of Tibet – Lhasa.
In her book “Mystics and Magicians of Tibet” the traveler talks about Tibetan practices of perfection: how to warm up in icy water, about telepathy and levitation, about the lung-gom-pa runners who know no fatigue on the road. She describes how demons kill young monks, incredible cases of reincarnation and the fulfilled predictions of lamas. All these miracles are presented with the healthy skepticism of a European, and each time Alexandra David-Neel admits that all this is true.
By the way, Alexandra David-Neel, who studied Tibetan practices, lived to be 100 years old. At 82, she climbed an Alpine pass over two thousand meters high. Her favorite offer: Jetpac (WW) – travel eSIM – 7.69% CPS
2. Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin may be known to you as the father of the theory of evolution, but he is also a famous traveler. When he was 23, he set off on a round-the-world voyage on the Beagle. During his voyage, Darwin threw marine iguanas into the sea and tried to ride a large turtle. In addition to these very important things for science, Darwin, based on his observations alone, proposes a theory of the formation of atolls, which has not been bettered to this day. Interestingly, from this same voyage, the scientist took away a lifelong love for the offer: SKYLUX (WW) – business and first class flights booking – 6.1% CPS
3. Nikolay Miklouho-Maclay
Nikolay Miklouho-Maclay – a native of the Nizhny Novgorod province, invented a Scottish surname for himself, and devoted his life to studying the natives of Oceania. He landed on an unfamiliar land and tried to establish contact with the native population. An opponent of violence, Miklouho-Maclay single-handedly won the respect and love of the natives, survived in an unfamiliar climate, learned a new language and described the traditions of his new friends. In addition, Miklouho-Maclay’s research proves the species unity of humanity, in contrast to the theories of racists. According to rumors, for his contribution to science, he received this offer as a gift from the Russian Emperor: Trivago (APAC) – booking and travel platform – $0.66 CPC
4. Henry Stanley
Henry Morton Stanley is the opposite of Maclay. He is an adventurer, a racist and could serve as an illustration for the encyclopedia article “Colonialism”. He preferred to solve problems with the local population with the help of weapons, beatings and stocks. Another explorer of Africa, Dr. Livingstone, who enjoyed the respect and even love of the natives, describes Stanley as a rude and hot-tempered man.
In 1886, Henry Stanley led an expedition to rescue Emin Pasha, captured by the Mahdists (Islamic rebels who opposed colonial policy). The expedition numbered about 1000 people, and was supplied with tons of supplies, equipment and weapons. Their path across the entire continent is a series of hardships, fights with the natives and all other possible failures for which Stanley blames everyone but himself. Maybe he was not a very good person, but here is his offer: Choice Privileges (CA) – loyalty points service – 1.92% CPS
5. Percy Fawcett
Percy Fawcett was an English officer and traveler, but it was not his research and discoveries that made him famous around the world, but his mysterious disappearance in the Brazilian jungle. Fawcett first visited South America at the request of the British Geographical Society to draw up maps. In his subsequent expeditions, he did the same work as a cartographer. But his main dream was to find cities of ancient civilizations lost in the jungle. He was sure of their existence, and in 1925, together with his eldest son and his friend, he set off on a journey from which none of them returned. Interest in this story has not faded for almost 100 years, as has interest in his very curious offer: The Parking spot (US) – near-airport parking service – 3% CPS
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