Bashō Matsuo

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BASHO is an acclaimed travel writer, digital storyteller, and recognised AI ethics leader. At the height of his career, he and his partner, Cesca, left their jobs to spend a year living out of backpacks. Their journey through twelve countries—from the Australian outback to sacred Chinese peaks—changed them forever and invites readers to discover what it truly means to come home.

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“Whenever the grey confinement of the man-made world presses in, I'll summon the memory of countless sunsets bleeding across vast skies – over oceans, deserts, mountains, jungles, cities – and remember the astonishing, shared beauty of this planet, the solace found in nature's indifferent majesty. I’ll recall the taste of strange fruits, the texture of yak butter tea, the comforting presence of kangaroos in the morning mist, the scent of jungle rain – anchors back to the real.”
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“Whenever the grey confinement of the man-made world presses in, I'll summon the memory of countless sunsets bleeding across vast skies – over oceans, deserts, mountains, jungles, cities – and remember the astonishing, shared beauty of this planet, the solace found in nature's indifferent majesty. I’ll recall the taste of strange fruits, the texture of yak butter tea, the comforting presence of kangaroos in the morning mist, the scent of jungle rain – anchors back to the real.”
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“Whenever the grey confinement of the man-made world presses in, I'll summon the memory of countless sunsets bleeding across vast skies – over oceans, deserts, mountains, jungles, cities – and remember the astonishing, shared beauty of this planet, the solace found in nature's indifferent majesty. I’ll recall the taste of strange fruits, the texture of yak butter tea, the comforting presence of kangaroos in the morning mist, the scent of jungle rain – anchors back to the real.”
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