GRIOTS REPUBLIC - An Urban Black Travel Mag - Jan 2016

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©CamaraClayton L I F E L I M B L E N S It usually occurs at the oddest hour of the day. You’ve spent the last eight hours of your life waiting to board a plane intended for a foreign country you cannot pronounce correctly. You are hungry, uncomfortable, tired, and anxious to start out on this journey. You have trained for months for this mission, left family members behind, missed a few birthdays, anniversaries, and other important events. Nevertheless, this is what you signed up for, an adventure like no other to see the world, interacting with people with diverse values and cultures. The adventure you are about to embark on, even though exciting, may cost you life or limb; but despite it all, you gather your courage because you are an American Soldier. For Soldiers across the world, traveling to distant lands becomes a modus vivendi. We can visit countries or places closed off to the worldwide public. Since we frequently operate off of the beaten path, we see things that the average traveler does not. Our view of the world may be different from most; after all, we see humanity at its extremes, both good and bad. I joined the military over twenty years ago for patriotic reasons and to witness history. I picked up a camera with the goal of narrating Soldier's stories through the lens. It was, also, my way of safely bringing family and friends with me on these risky ventures. Despite the hostile environment, I tried to capture its beauty, the inwardness of the people and their culture. I
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