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Darcha-Padum road winding up to Shinku La, Lahaul, Himachal, India
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
Matsuo Bashō
— Matsuo Bashō
Haiku poet and travel diarist
Oku no Hosomichi - The Narrow Road to the Interior (1702)

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Matsuo Bashō
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Oku no Hosomichi - The Narrow Road to the Interior (1702)
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