Life lessons that can only be learnt through travelling

Introduction.

Travel has played such an integral role in my life, it let me fine purpose in life, it let to several lifelong friendships, it even let me to my soul mate and it thought me many important things in life. It is how I learnt about myself and how I fit within a greater world. Most importantly it’s a journey of personal growth.
                                          
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Travel is the best education in the world.

You can learn all about a country in geography lesson but it is only when you visit that you actually get the true sense of place, its people, culture and history. Travel teaches you so many things that you can’t learn from encyclopaedia or documentaries.

The world is not such a scary place after all.

News media often make places look worse than they really are, but by visiting the forbidden land and see our self, so we really know the truth. Our experience travelling in places received as unsafe- from Zimbabwe to North Korea else as that the story on the ground is often very different than what happens in media.
                                       
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People are generally good and we are in essence all the same.

No matter what happen between the countries and the government at the end of the each day people are people they are in general good and life goes on for them  in many ways just like it does for you and me.

What goes around comes around.

I am strong believer of karma-when you do good unto others you will receive the rewards in one or other way, when you do something bad expect to be punished ten folds.

Our differences are what make us unique and distinctive.

Years of travel had taught me to embrace our culture differences and learn that these are what gives us our identities and make us special our own way.
                         
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Don’t expect others to speak your language or follow the same habits has yours.

More often than not, many of us travel with the misconception that people in other countries could speak English Hindi or other languages. In fact, overcoming language barrier is a part of the fun of travel

Being friendly and open minded can lead to great encounters and friendship.

I never felt the need to be sociable until my first long trip abroad. I realise that by opening myself to people I was giving myself the chance to have great friendship and meet people who matters to me.

Nothing breaks the ice better than a smile.

Smiles are universal “language”. A smile probably one of the important tool that you can used to break language barriers and warm-up locals. We have encountered several instances that way tricky but instantly sort by smiling and adapting a friendly attitude.


                        
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At the same time travelling does not have to be expensive.

Of course if you insist on staying at five star resort travelling can be expensive. But it is possible to travel around many part of the world on just $10 to $40 per day (including accommodation, food and sightseeing). In addition to travelling with a budget, you can make money while travelling by doing odds job like working at hotel or online blogging etc.

Less is more.

Packing my life in to a 65 L back pack made me realized that I don’t need much to survive and that all the possessions. I used to have home or simply superficial and not necessary.


We can’t be afraid to dream.
The one thing I have realized that dreams can become reality if you work hard enough. Dream keep us motivated and alive, so don’t ever give-up on your dreams. Even if things don’t work out, you will realized how much you have learnt, and grew along the way.

Your Destiny lies in your hand.

Your limitations are not set by who you know, where you were born, what genes you have, or how much money you have. Don’t live with fate. If you are determined enough, there are plenty of opportunities in life that are totally achievable. Go for all it NOW! You know what happens to those who wait? Nothing.

Don’t let fear get in your way.

Fear is often the main thing that stop people from travelling. People worry if a place is too dangerous to travel solo, if there is a language barrier, if they will be able to find a job when they return from a long trip. We all experience fear, whether first time traveler or experienced adventurous. See fear has an opportunity a guide post of sort to identify your problems and solve them efficiently.

                            
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You don’t have to feel guilty for leaving a life behind to travel.

Many people feel guilty after quitting their jobs to travel and face the anxiety of finding a job when they return from the trip. Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets.

Don’t over plan and leave room for surprises.

While it’s wise to be prepared a trip, some travelers can go over boarded and research one every single detail for a destination. Forget about finding most popular restaurant in the town- sometimes the magic lies in discovering places and things for yourself. Go with the flow and see where it takes you-after all, isn’t that what travel is about.

Keep your expectation in check.

Let’s face it, the all have done it, we go to an under developed country and complain about poor hygiene, the in efficient transportation network, and compare the countries poor tourism infrastructure with what we have in home. Bringing our first world expectations with us is often the biggest mistake that we make. That skews our perspective of a country and stop us from seeing beyond the superficial
                                              
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Travelling is not something you are good at. It’s something you do like breathing- Gayale Foreman

@Author: Bharthi Verma (Student)

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