Why Travelling Is My Passion

Vacation is something many people love and look forward to. The ability to put our daily tasks on hold for a short amount of time in order to clear our minds and reinvigorate ourselves is something that all people need from time to time. In fact, we all seem to have those times in our life were we get a week or two off to have the time of our lives. One particular experience that I had impacted me in two primary ways. This experience was when I took a Royal Caribbean Cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. Strangely enough, this experience impacted me in two completely opposite, and nearly paradoxical, ways. Truthfully, what I took away from my Royal Caribbean Cruise would be considered by many to be the opposite of what they would expect.

It is a common idea that traveling gives people a greater insight on the dynamics of the world as they experience different cultures and ways of life. This can be seen in the short story Wedding at the Cross by Ngugi wa Thiong’o where traveling greatly influences the main character Wariuki’s outlook of the world. Wariuki starts off as being a very poor but very happy man until he gets humiliated by his father in law, Douglas Jones, for not being wealthy enough to pay for a wedding at a church or provide for his wife. This ignites a fire in Wariuki to prove his Douglas Jones wrong and he goes to great lengths to accumulate enough wealth to become higher class and not be looked down upon. The great lengths that Wariuki goes through to try and

Have you ever been on a vacation? To me a vacation is a time to be with friends or family. When I think of vacations, I think of packing, the flight or drive, and relaxation. Not only is it very exciting to go on a vacation, but you get closer to the people that go with you.

Opportunity to see life from a different perspective - We tend to associate with people who are like us in some way or the other. Be it the colleague who enjoys yoga or the neighbor who has a mortgage to pay like you do, we often share our lives with those people who can we most relate to and that limits our understanding of life. Travel gives you a chance to see places and cultures that you could have never imagined existed, let a fellow traveler pour his heart out to you even if you can barely understand his language, relish meals that you don't know names of and in the overall scheme of things understand the pleasures and pains of people that you don't otherwise come across. No amount of reading or watching world cinema can give you a different take on life the way travel does. And who knows, maybe its a life you feel you belong to than your life back

Travelling provides a way for creating relationships and experiencing new cultures, while escaping the hardships of daily life.

I am drawn to the thought that vacationing is a way of making everlasting memories, in addition to encountering many diverse cultures around the world.

Another thing that also got me interested in traveling and experiencing new things is my imagination. The thoughts and wonders that went through my head about the rest of the world and not just my little town made me most interested in traveling and seeing the different cultures and lives of others. My imagination was wandering most when i was on my international flight on the was to Costa Rica because I didn't really know what to

Throwing oneself into an entirely different culture for a few weeks a year, is one of the most intellectually gratifying things I have come to experience. It exposed me to the fact that there is more to life than meets the eye. Accepting its complexity is almost as important as understanding what makes it complex. My visits to Poland have opened my one dimensional mindset, and allowed for more complicated reasoning. Traveling also forces an individual into strange situations they are unaccustomed to, and shows that not everything can be learned in a classroom. It teaches politics, economy, history, geography and less general things such as the ability to explore, grow, and make mistakes. They are left with the satisfaction of doing things they never knew they could

“My love for traveling started in first grade. My family and I went to France for two weeks and my mind was blown. First of all, the idea of flying on a plane for half the day was scary. But once we landed, the fresh French air filled my nose and from then on I knew I would cherish the new experiences.”

“For A More Creative Brain, Travel” by Brent Kane correctly portrays the idea that traveling allows you to be a more creative and opened-minded person. This article shows ample evidence of why travelling

Travel for some people is a way to get from point A to point B, but for me, it’s an awakening of the senses. It’s my opportunity to hear the bustling sounds of a city, smell the fragrant spices at a local market and watch a glowing sunset dip below the horizon.

Travel has always been associated with relaxation and enjoyment. People travel to explore new or revisit favorite places. The idea that travel could also be a conduit for self growth and awareness,as discussed in the article Transformative Travel,is a very new concept but old tradition. Various religious groups send people across the world as missionaries. Missionary work was identified as a group involvement. everyone on the mission fulfilled the same purpose. Transformative travel is a combination of mission work and travel of leisure except it is based on an individual's personal goal.

Traveling is something everybody likes to do but some are too afraid to do it and others can’t wait till they get the chance to travel again. Traveling could be done for many different reasons and a few of them are because of the desire to escape a routine lifestyle, for the experience of new adventures, and for the opportunity of getting in touch with yourself. Nowadays most people have a routine lifestyle. Getting up in the morning, going to school or work, and then coming back home, getting your work done, then going to sleep and waking up in the morning to do the same thing all over again, maybe sometimes a few new things will pop up during your week like going out to eat or hanging out with family or friends.

Traveling makes you push your self to be more active, walk around, take a hike to see an incredible view and essentially make your muscles work twice as hard.

Traveling, in general, makes people healthier. Occasional travelers report lower stress levels and lower risks of heart attacks. These benefits even stay awhile after the trip has ended. According to Larry Alton, “traveling has been scientifically proven to lower stress levels.” (NBC News) This is because traveling is like taking a break from one’s hectic life. One gets to think about themselves and relax. People feel less anxious and tend to forget about problems that usually bother them. In a way, they disconnect from their busy lives.