Why should one travel

The journeys aren’t much about becoming anything; rather unbecoming everything that isn’t you, so that you can be who you are meant to be in the first place.

Why travel ? Because it opens your mind. When I went on my very first overseas trip nearly 25 years back, I had so many fears about the food, the language, the people and ofcourse the high costs. Soon I realized that If you’re open and willing, travel will make you an incredibly more well-rounded human being. All the challenges and opportunities travel lays at your feet help you discover who you are in a way that’s only possible on the road.

People you meet while on the road become some of the most valued names on your contact list. They become places on the map to visit later on. These folks give you a glimpse outside your hometown circle of friends, and force you to take in new and refreshing perspectives, and ultimately realize that everyone is the same. Meeting people from other cultures will teach you that the way you’ve been looking at the world isn’t the way everybody else does. In fact, your point-of-view might have some major blind spots. Seeing the world for yourself will improve your vision and your grip on reality. Seeing the world provides an education that’s absolutely impossible get in school. Travel teaches you economy, politics, history, geography, and sociology in an intense, hands-on way no class will. You’ll be constantly surprised at the flavors the world has to offer.  The way people in other cultures and countries prepare food, and break bread together (not that all cultures even eat bread) will astound you.

We also realise that the things which we considered very important in life once are not really that important and we are actually fighting for useless things.