I once read a quote from Eudora Welty, "Through travel I first became aware of the outside world: it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming part of it."

One of the really neat things about a site like PBase is that we can travel the world so to speak from our computers, and share ideas and images from other photograhers many countries away. I have never been a ham radio operator, but I can see why they would enjoy putting a pin on the map to represent people they have talked to in other parts of the globe.