{"id":29310,"date":"2018-09-25T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures?p=29310&preview=true&preview_id=29310"},"modified":"2024-09-21T00:03:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T14:03:59","slug":"team-sunrise-team-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/team-sunrise-team-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"The big debate: are you Team Sunrise or Team Sunset?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As far as trivialities go, comparing sunset to sunrise is right up there. Trying to compare subjective beauty is always fraught \u2013 more so when said beauty is merely an accidental pleasure arising from the Earth\u2019s slow march around its own axis. But hell, if we can\u2019t take a moment to ponder the world\u2019s loveliness, then why are we here, eh?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunrises and sunsets are the universe\u2019s present to the Earth\u2019s flawed populace. They are at once humbling and life affirming, blessed in their simplicity and impossible in their majesty. And as travellers, we\u2019re lucky enough to witness these wonderful events in varying incarnations. Does a sunrise in Cambodia<\/a>\u00a0match a sunset in Peru<\/a>? What about a sunrise on a New York City street<\/a> compared to a sunset at India’s Taj Mahal<\/a>? The world is awash with different backdrops for these golden occasions.<\/p>\n

\"Sunrise

Photo by The Common Wanderer.<\/p><\/div>\n

But while we can all hold hands and frolic in fields and kumbaya and agree that sun-filled moments, and the golden hours that precede and succeed them, are universally wonderful \u2013 let\u2019s remember for a second that if one was to pit these two times of day against each other, suddenly the hand-holding commune would break and kumbaya would morph into some kind of alternative death metal.<\/p>\n

For if there is one thing we humans love more than unparalleled beauty and smug holiday sunset photos, it is trivial arguments.<\/p>\n

So, I\u2019m doing just that. I\u2019m pitting sunrises and sunsets against each other. I\u2019m sorry. Here\u2019s what I think:<\/p>\n

On sunset\u2026<\/h3>\n
\"Sunset

Photo by Melissa Findley.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sunsets are glorious, they make endearing brushstrokes of threatening clouds, turn limp branches into glowing monuments, convert cities of stone and cement into landscapes of gold. They paint the sky and celebrate the pain\/greatness\/melancholy of another day melting away. They are peaceful, they allow one to let go, to bid farewell. They welcome darkness and wet one’s lips with the first taste of the night.<\/p>\n

RELATED: 6 SUNSET VIEWING SPOTS IN VIETNAM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

But, you know what else sunsets are? Predictable. There\u2019s no challenge in a sunset. Walk out of your office and bask in its immediate glory. Cook dinner as last light drips off you through an innocuous window. Go find a hill, a rooftop, a beach, and become immersed in its fiery splendour. There\u2019s no barrier to entry. Sunsets are almost always spectacular. Hot orange and pink and yellow, velvet and rich and lovely. The typical blonde girl-next-door of sun events. You know what? Give us gappy teeth and crooked noses and eyes too big any day, man.<\/p>\n

Sunsets have sold out. They are Jim Morrison singing reprieves of \u2018come on Buick light my fire\u2019 (ok ok ok he vetoed this before it was aired, but can you imagine?!). They are the fodder of pseudo spiritual yoga bloggers and Instagram addicts, add a dolphin and you have yourself a classic hippy wall hanging. Sunsets are ordinary, they are pass\u00e9, they are irrefutably common.<\/p>\n

So I am team sunrise.<\/p>\n

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On sunrise\u2026<\/h3>\n
\"The

Photo by Nathan Landers<\/p><\/div>\n

Say what you will, sunrises are undeniably the underdog of the golden hour. If you manage to haul yourself out of bed in the dark and fumble for whatever shred of clothing you left on the floor the night before, if you manage to take your puffy eyes and scary hair out into the world to catch a glimpse of first light, then respect, dude, the sunrise is yours.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve stayed up all night, fought the terrors of 3am, danced pre-dawn and stumbled headlong into another day \u2013 then remember this moment friend, hold it in your heart.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0HERE COMES THE SUN: YOUR GUIDE TO JAPAN\u2019S BEST (SECRET) SUNRISE SPOTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sunrises aren\u2019t always spectacular, they don\u2019t always drag autumnal warmth out of bleak darkness, they don\u2019t always flood landscapes with hot beauty. They can be watery and meek. Insignificant. But boy are they optimistic. Filled with the hope of a day yet unknown. They (quite literally) fill the world with light. Sunrises are freedom, opportunity, anticipation, solitude. They are caught in the hours when the world is quiet, heavy with sleep. Sunrises are the quiet introverts of sun events. The unassuming beauties, raw and full of heart.<\/p>\n

I reckon those who know first light, know the real loveliness of the world.<\/p>\n

Regardless of where you stand – Team Sunrise or Team Sunset – you’ll catch some epic ones on a small group adventure with Intrepid. Check out our range of experiences now<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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