"As You Move Through This Life And This World, You Change Things Slightly; You Leave Marks Behind, However Small. And In Return, Life—And Travel—Leave Marks On You."
- Anthony Bourdain
One needs to travel. Admittedly I think it’s the younger generations that would benefit the most of it as it will shape who you become. Plus if you are young you have the physical ability to see more as in backpacking, staying in youth hostels, hiking, biking being on the go, not needing fancy train or airline tickets, or hotel resorts. Also while hitting tourist highlights is fun, I feel most benefits come from emerging yourself into the culture. A lot of handicaps come with older age. Travel is still important even then as one should always be curious about the world but let’s face it if you miss out on it in your younger years you will fight a lot of preconceptions that were put into your mind from a closed up society.
So my wish for the youth is to go get out. Do not waste your younger years by being stuck and being in a rat race.
I was privileged to travel extensively in my childhood and even in my adulthood due to the job choices I made. My parents laid the groundwork in my early years. It was the reason why I never turned into a ‘one country citizen’ but always considered myself a citizen of this earth. Borders are a political thing, human connection is a whole different level.
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