Masterfile Presents OPEN 076: The Dark Side of Travel Romance

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The Dark Side of Travel Romance
by Rolf Potts

When it comes to the ways of love and romance, no aphrodisiac is quite so potent as travel. On the road freed from the dull routines and restrictions of home - you become more open, more daring, more willing to seize the moment. Away from home, the people you meet (be they locals or fellow travelers) seem sexier, more exotic, less repressed and this makes you feel sexy, exotic, liberated. Freed from your past, happily anonymous, and filled with a sense of possibility, you are never more willing (or able) to fall headlong into a love affair.

The only downside is this: Don't try to rekindle things when you get home. It simply doesn't work.

Read on...

Originally appeared in Featurewell.com
Used with permission of the author.

Sarah Murray is an environmental and lifestyle photographer, who lives in Vancouver, B.C. She is constantly exploring her fascination with the human condition through her camera lens. Sarah has balanced her love of portraiture and travel through her photography, and a career that allows her to be a global citizen with an eye on the world.

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