Everyone keeps saying how important it is to travel. So what’s the fuss about? Why do people travel and love travelling? More importantly, why should we travel more? Why we travel may differ from person to another but people who travel always develop empathy and a deeper understanding of other cultures.
Travelling makes you more interesting. Who do you think people want to listen to: guy who spent his vacations at home doing some gardening and reading the newspaper. Or, the woman who spent a week in Cuba, driving an old American car, swimming with dolphins and tasting deliciously spicy food?
Travel takes us out of our comfort zones and inspires us to see, taste and try new things.
Travelling let’s you create lifetime memories as well as developing new skills, something as simple as eating with chopsticks. You might run into challenging situations where you need to be resourceful and think differently. This is a sure way of developing a new set of skills that you didn’t suspect you had within you.
After listening to a podcast by Rick Steves, an American travel writer, author and T.V. personality, Simmi, Manju and Kiki share what they have learnt. Rick explains what he means by a ‘Travellers Mindset’. A good travellers mindset is positivity, being excited to explore and learn. Saying YES! to new opportunities.
The hosts talk about their own experiences and even discuss the reasons why some people do not like travelling at all.
Travelling can even make you love your home more.
‘The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave and it feels even better to come back’. You will truly understand the meaning of those words by Wendy Wunder, only upon your return home.
There is a quote by Saint Augustine which goes ‘The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page’.
