TRAVEL TEACHES YOU THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW First and foremost is geography 🙂 If I had been asked 2 years ago which city is the capital of Macedonia, Albania or Vietnam, I would have had to google shamefully. But now I know even more, due to the constant dreaming and planning to see one or the other country. Second is the culture and traditions of the peoples of the world. Imagine people who have a very different outlook on life, who have strange and sometimes terrifying traditions and a completely different religion.
LEARN TO BE TOLERANT. A useful thing in society. If you are tolerant, then you are educated and generally a normal person. When you go on a trip, count on the fact that people in another country will be different: different skin color and eye shape, traditions and religion, views on life and everyday life. So you should always respect a different state of affairs from your own and understand that you are not at home. In another country you are a guest and must respect their peculiarities.
LEARN TO BE INDEPENDENT. When you travel, you never depend on anyone, you give yourself completely to yourself and count only on yourself. Therefore, it is, above all, self-discovery and discovery of your abilities and capabilities.
TRAVEL IS FUN AND ALWAYS A GREAT ADVENTURE If you are not going abroad on a hot trip to some all-inclusive hotel for a week, and you do everything yourself, down to making a program of entertainment, then the adventure is sure to find you. Proven more than once, especially when you suddenly deviate from the plan of your program, choose a different route from the usual or, at the worst, decided to go to some packed cafe on the outskirts of town.
GOOD LANGUAGE PRACTICE Everyone should know at least the basic things in English, so you can explain yourself at least at the level of a first grader. But since at home learning the language takes place in a passive form, you can’t go anywhere without active practice when traveling. If you communicate every day in an environment of native speakers, or at least those who are the same as you, but communicating in their native languages you do not understand each other, the awkwardness and confusion gradually disappears, the level of language improves and there is less misunderstanding with other people.
SEE WHAT YOU CAN OR CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT One of the meaning of life is to find something that only you need and define your comfort zone. Staying far away from your country you begin to understand the true value of things, such as rethinking communication with family and friends, the need for universal approval. And you forget about everyday things, such as having a microwave oven, TV, hot water.
FINDING OUT YOUR ABILITIES OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE. Going away from home, you realize that your soft bed and pillow will no longer make you happy, the always clean bathroom will be replaced by one that has already passed through itself hundreds of people, and the kitchen will not be at all what you want. But it’s always nice to expand your comfort zone, to realize that you could survive anywhere and with minimal waste of nerve cells.
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU’D LIKE OUT OF LIFE AND FIND INSPIRATION If you feel like life has lost its meaning and you don’t have the energy to do anything – plan a trip! Even if it’s just for a week. This will already give time to distract yourself from thinking, relax and be inspired by new achievements and projects.
MAKE NEW ACQUAINTANCES Probably the most enjoyable thing about traveling is meeting new people and interesting personalities. Through meeting local people you can learn more about the country, city, traditions and religion. Since the locals, no Wikipedia or any other blog will tell you about it. They will show you the places where you can eat without damaging your health, they will show you where to buy fruits/vegetables that are tasty and inexpensive!
TASTE DIFFERENT CUISINES OF THE WORLD. It is unlikely that you can try real Ajarian khachapuri, Georgian khinkali, Nepalese dumplings Momo and Dal Bat rice, Thai Tom Yam soup and Vietnamese spring rolls at home. People have even invented a new branch in travel: gastronomic tours. Simply put, when you go abroad just to eat and drink 🙂
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE No longer such a new trend in tourism – volunteering. People go to poor countries to help both physically and financially. I do not have to tell you that one gets extraordinary satisfaction from helping others. For example, in Nepal, after the largest earthquake in history in 2015, a lot of buildings were destroyed, both ordinary houses and cultural heritage sites.
CREATING NEW FOND MEMORIES THAT YOU WILL NEVER FORGET And finally, it’s the memories. Probably the most precious thing we can have. We are the creators of the moments: both pleasant and not so pleasant. But it’s still cool to remember later and in some places realize how much you’ve changed. The main thing is to remember to live in the here and now, to enjoy life and not look for any reason to travel.