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The main reason why I like to travel is mostly because I get bored really easy if I stay in one place too long, and it gives me new experiences which I can talk about or joke later on.
For starters how many people on this planet can claim that they were either stranded in a Wyoming blizzard, accosted by a bodyguard for a pot dealer in Copenhagen, took a boat to an isolated village in Guatemala, tried to pick up women in a language you are not even fluent in, or ate ant larva in Mexico?
All of those things happened to me when I left the US, and personally I would not trade those experiences for anything in the world.
I don't travel to escape where I live. I love where I live but it is nice to get a break from the winter rain, winds and darkness. We go on long trips at least 3 times a year, plus trips within our country.
I travel to see/experience:
architecture
ancient sites
adventure
wildlife
scenery
different cultures/traditions/foods/music
many photographic opportunities
I travel to experience the interactions and unique moments that you cannot have by simply watching films or reading about a place. I have visited close to 100 countries, so far, and most of them at least twice. This year I've flown to Cancun; Canada; China; Tibet; Kauai; and Maui. I will visit Cost Rica before the year ends, and am planning to visit South Africa next year. I never seem to get enough, and it certainly has enhanced my ability as a history teacher!
I travel to experience the interactions and unique moments that you cannot have by simply watching films or reading about a place. I have visited close to 100 countries, so far, and most of them at least twice. This year I've flown to Cancun; Canada; China; Tibet; Kauai; and Maui. I will visit Cost Rica before the year ends, and am planning to visit South Africa next year. I never seem to get enough, and it certainly has enhanced my ability as a history teacher!
I'd have to see nearly every country to feel satisfied!
Honestly, there are many countries that I don't bother to visit even if the travel is free.
There are many countries you couldn't pay me to go to. I'd really have to make a list but there's no point since I didn't win the lottery. So I have to be more choosy about what countries I visit.
I personally think that our expectations for living in modern society are bordering on ridiculous. Travel gives us a chance to slow-down and have a little holiday from the fast pace and recognize what’s im. Every time I travel all the things I’ve made assumptions about in life change.
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I never seem to get enough, and it certainly has enhanced my ability as a history teacher!
