“I look around at the isolation of it. The harshness it would have taken to achieve this goal. What were they thinking? I wonder. Maybe they, like us in modern times, just liked the view. In archaeology we were always searching to unearth the meaning behind a decision made. This temple had to be raised for some calculated reason, some tangible thing that guided these ancient cultures. We rarely take into account the beautification of human desire as a deciding force to guide and define us as a society.”

“I asked one of the owners of their shacks what they did for money? He shrugged, unknowingly? Uncaringly? And I wondered what right I had to ask such a question. It isn’t up to me to define life. I almost hated that, that question came to my lips so readily. Money, of all things. And yet, what else could I use to question life with such a universality that it could be understood? Money is that inherent belief we all invest in, but what are you to do when you come face to face with a man so unperturbed by such investments, such societal definitions. I may have travelled more than him, but have I lived more?”