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Some almost-situations:

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Things to Watch For . . .

• Comedians that are almost-funny, or usually funny.
• Wrestling or reality shows that are almost-real.
• Scientific discoveries of proto-truths.

• Almost-universe found to have many such almost-worlds, almost all of which are too far away, or are totally "outa sight."

The Last Word (almost)

Getting almost-there is most of the fun.

Almost-Travel

Almost-travel is the next best thing to being there. There are many ways to almost-travel: that is, to not travel, but to gain almost-all of the benefits of travel. One of the greatest benefits of almost-travel is that it is almost-always faster than traveling, and faster in one or both of two ways: it is over in less time, and it can happen sooner. Almost-always it can happen sooner because real travel takes some preparation. Almost-always when your almost-travel starts, it is over quickly, because the technology you choose to use is usually tailor-made for what you want to get out of the almost-experience. Technology is the almost-travel enabler. When you think technology, think almost-travel.

What we call "technology" is usually that which is designed to obviate travel.

Types/Categories

1. Download: Learning from the travel experience of others: So that you no longer feel the need to go, or so that you can better plan your trip. (Books, TV, movies, word-of-mouth.)

2. Upload: If a letter or email will suffice, then the travel is really not necessary. (a letter, an email, going on TV, posting something on the internet, buying something on the internet.)

3. Two-way: Almost-being there. Almost-always a phone call, a video-conference, or an internet chat will suffice, then the travel is really not necessary. (A phone call. A video-conference.)

Almost-Travel around the US to Basketball Stadiums in 3D.

By Google

Almost-Travel Commercial.

By Cisco

Then . . .

Almost-Travel around the world in less than an hour (below).

Tenerife - Canary Islands

The beautiful Greek Island of Kefalonia

Camel Racing in UAE - Robots replace children as jockeys

K2 Climbing Expedition

Hong Kong Airport

Fiji (see it the way it was)

Galapagos Penguins

Chile

Frobisher Bay

And for the truly almost-adventurous . . .

almost-travel

Links

Almost-Travel Links	Comment
www.virtualtourist.com	Virtual Tourism
www.ciachef.edu	CIA Virtual Tour
www.louvre.fr	Virtual tours of the Louvre
www.cisco.com	Cisco TelePresence

Almost-Aspects

Almost-TV