Ditch the guilt! And that’s my take on travelling. Well you can read all the books in the world about “those” places but being there is an entirely different story. I can describe the city of Dumaguete and its amazing beaches and its historic sites to you, but you really have to see it for yourself to experience it.
I can give you a narrative account of how efficient the transport system is and how ingenious the government has done in transforming a small almost concrete covered island state of Singapore into a bustling and vibrant Garden City. But still nothing compares to being there and being wowed by it.
As I walked the streets of Bangkok, I realized how rich and diverse different cultures of the world can be. And I realized that delicacies are not only confined to caramel covered cashew nuts but also are crisp fried bugs and beetles.
I used to think that my hometown boasts of having the most number of motorcycles roaming around the city, till I bravely crossed a street in Hanoi.
Yes travelling brings about adventure. An opportunity for us to disconnect from our regular life and amazingly with that it helps us to understand and figure out things that we would not have understood without the distance that travelling gives.
It brings about new experiences and increases our resourcefulness. We learn creative ways of doing ordinary things. At the same time it increases our knowledge and widens our perspective. It humbles us, and makes us realize how insignificant we are as compared to the grandiose of the world.
Travelling affords me to learn about myself that I didn’t know before. I could be very patient and daring you know ;) I figured out a lot of stuff by actually doing it (riding and elephant for one) and I learned to appreciate what I had, and not focused on what I didn’t have.
And what I especially like about travelling is that long after you have paid for that not so cheap air ticket, the memories of your travel lingers. It lasts a lifetime.
Yes I still have a lot of places to see. It’s a wide, exciting and colorful world out there I have yet to experience. Yes it does burn a whole in my pocket, but you get to learn to be creative and prudent through proper planning and thorough research. But one thing I’m certain that after I come back from each and every trip, I never felt sorry I took that trip. On the contrary I always think where my next trip would be the second I come back from the airport.
How about you what’s your take on travelling? What benefits do you derived from it?
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