People always ask me why do I like to travel so much. Just yesterday I got asked this question and I gave my usual “because” answer simply because the person just wouldn’t understand and I couldn’t be bothered with a detailed answer. If you don’t like to travel and have never really seen anything it’s hard to understand. So that got me thinking and so I put this little piece together to kind of explain things. I also added it as a permanent page on the home page. This list could go on forever and I am sure everyone has their own ideas about what could be on the list as well. Anyway, enjoy.
Travel opens your eyes and your mind to a whole new world.
Travel enables you to see the world through other peoples eyes and from other points of view.
Travel increases your awareness of other cultures and people.
Travel makes you smarter.
Travel is the best education you can receive.
Travel enables you to speak intelligently on a variety of global topics.
Travel shows you how global policy effects different countries and different types of people.
Travel brings you to places you’ve only dreamed about seeing.
Travel shows you landscapes you never thought were possible.
Travel shows you what real beauty is.
Travel shows you that everything is beautiful in its own way.
Travel makes books and television come to life
Travel makes adventures happen everyday.
Travel makes dreams come true.
Travel gives you a sense of enormous accomplishment.
Travel gives you something to look forward to to.
Travel gives you options.
Travel is a lifetime journey that is never the same twice.
Travel makes the big world small.
Travel humbles you.
Travel puts things into perspective.
Travel shows you what poor is.
Travel shows you how unfair this world can be.
Travel shows you people overcoming the longest odds to live their life to the fullest.
Travel shows you triumphs of the human spirit.
Travel teaches you how to say “Cheers” in 30 different languages.
Travel teaches you the International language of beer.
Travel teaches you to appreciate wine and the beauty of vineyards.
Travel teaches you to try new things.
Travel makes you yearn to do new things.
Travel teaches you the difference between a traveler and a tourist.
Travel teaches you to become a traveler and not just a tourist.
This is awesome
good stuff man, just saw your site for the first time today and its sweet. Wil definitely be checking back
Travel exposes you to a variety of “dirty birds”!
Wow, well said. As an Aussie, I can’t believe you’re a Yank saying that. Goodonya Mate.
I completely agree, I had never really travelled outside the US until last April when I went to Venice for a short weekend. Ever since I just keep looking forward to the next trip.
Thanks for reminding me why I travel. After having been on the road since 16 most of the time (I’m now a LOT older!) I’ve gotten a little jaded about travel. Even though all the reasons you mentioned are probably ingrained in my hard drive, it’s worth it to read them on the page and remember.
Thanks for the reminder.
Thanks for the note Parisgirl. I have checked out your blog as well and it is very cool. It’s always nice to be reminded of how amazing traveling is–we must make sure we are never too jaded to appreciate the good stuff.
I absolutely agree with you. Thank you for sharing.
In Vietnam, we have a proverb, which is one of Vietnamese folk peom proverbs, saying:
?i m?t ngày ?àng
H?c m?t sàng khôn
It literally means: Getting out on the road for one day, you gain a basket of wisdom. I think it expresses exactly all of what you list above. As a Vietnamese folk poetry proverb, it consists of 2 paralel clauses sharing one rhyme which is “àng”.
?i (go) – H?c (learn) –> a verb
M?t (one) – M?t (one) –> a number
Ngày (day) – Sàng (a Vietnamese flat bamboo basket to filter broken rice) –> a unit
?àng (or ???ng: road) – Khôn (wisdom) –>an object/ a notion
Vietnamese people love folk poems and poetry proverbs. Every Vietnamese child know this particular proverb of travelling.
I would like to share with you about Vietnamese opinion about going out, moving and travelling.