Experiencing a Foreign Country Is Like Time Travel

May 20, 2021

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Spending a night in an Abu Dhabi, UAE skyscraper feels like traveling decades into the future (Photo by Jim Buie)

The popular novels and television series “Outlander,” about a woman from the 20th century “falling through time” to 18th century Scotland, France, Jamaica, and America reminded me of my own experience of travel, falling back into an exotic, …

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