adventure recreation. As discussed earlier, overland travel, as along the Asian Overland Route, can bring peple in contact with unique cultures, sacred places and what Horne (1992) defined as the cultural genes bank of places. Encounters with these aspects of the external environment can challenge individuals’ abilities, less in a physical than in a psychological or intellectual sense. Previously held views of oneself and one’s world may be challenged, reviewed, and revised. Horne (1992) refers to such experiences as “didcovery”-a sense of excitement and wonder when experiencing something that will make the world seem much wider. These “discoveries” can vary in intensity, even resulting in profound changes in perception. Following such experiences of “flow” and “discoveries” in the state of liminality is the process of reintegration whereby adventure tourists, upon returning home, usually acquire new roles and a higher status in their ordinary social group as a result of their travels.