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Blue began as a tiream that crossed my mind one day year.$ ago, when I was Jiving on the other side of the earth, on a densely populated island in the SO'llth China Sea. It was born from an obser!lation and a 990d deal of centemplation about all the amazing natural wonders and interesting geographies, differel1t peoples, cultures and personalities, natural playgrounds and mysterious melodies occupying the retational sphere ;that W9-1 the human race, ci\1I home. The dream evolved into a parallel obser 'on thqt no existing American publication sufficiently celebrates the 8iversit of � pl�net and the spirit of adventure ohe lea�ns in discovering its details. The observation I:>oiled down to a plan of action: to create such a magazine, Journal forthe ew Traveler;"that pror(lotes the philosophy of a globally accessible work\, one wnos"6 denizens. take advanta!'je of the �\enturously. �hether walking down ' . tee,hnology, the environ men al)d economics. a special interest title to a life sty e ma:g that uch ihterests are linked �o a mysic 1.0 books-, from politics to broadened from ." fact that you can be anywhere on the map within 4'8' hours, via air travel, Hie Internet or telecommunidltions. The magazine would adopt a philosophy of Rushing boundaries, liv ing life to the fullest and approaching every day a city street or trekking through Tibet. A the Blue concept cOlJtagiously grew from on to many minds, tne Blye vision flourished. Soon emerged a whole new "Blue"· way of thinking. Ideas which were grounded in the shared .passions of adventure travel, cu tural exploration and action sp-C(ts led to spectrur(l of other common intet;ests