When I was traveling around Southeast Asia last fall, there was a t-shirt making the rounds in the markets of Bangkok. It featured a tree with a speech bubble over its branches reading “hug me,” and a man standing next to it saying “no.” I’m not sure exactly what it signified--for all I know, it could just have been poorly translated from the Thai--but I chose to believe that it had something to do with the fact that sometimes we just don’t make the right ethical, environmental, and moral choices when it comes to looking after the world.
With Earth Day upon us, it’s important, I think, to highlight the amazing natural wonders of the planet, whether it’s the ones we use up our vacation days going to visit, or the ones we pass by every day. And so it was with great delight that I stumbled across Neatorama’s list of the Top 10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World.
There’s the General Sherman giant sequoia, of course, weighing in at an impressive 275 feet and 6,000 tons, and the drive-thru Redwood, both of which are in California. But there’s also the enormous Tule Tree, a Montezuma Cypress near Oaxaca, Mexico, with a trunk 10 meters in diameter. And then there are the amazing baobab--or “monkey bread”--trees in Madagascar and Africa, one of which even has, ahem, a toilet in its trunk!
So this Earth Day, embrace your inner tree-hugger. Book a trip to Asia to see the banyan trees! Marvel at the Trembling Giant in Utah! And don’t forget to offset your carbon emissions when you book your trip. These fantastic natural attractions were there long before online check-in, e-tickets, and astronomical gas prices, and they’ll be there long afterwards. As long as we look after them, that is.
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