 Why do you travel? |
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| Student Traveler |
 Aug 2 2006, 03:12 PM
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Why do you travel? For me, it's a matter of learning and experiencing things.
It's been said that people tend to die within the same 25-mile radius they grew up in. I don't know yet if this will apply to me, or if I want it to. What I do know is that besides what find out in school and from various media outlets, I'm basically ignorant. I could study a culture or history of a country my whole life and still not know a whole lot about it. I wouldn't know what it's like to live there: to hike the beaten paths, catch the metros or interact with the people. This is why I travel.
Learning makes life a richer experience, however short or long it might last. Being knowledgeable about other worlds - even my own - instills a sense of satisfaction that can't be obtained from simply spectating through the Internet or by reading about them in books. Getting out and traveling is the only way to do this.
Where ever I wind up when I'm older, I hope that I will have learned a lot through that point. And even though I could take classes until I'm dead, sometimes you just have to be there to know. Any one else? Why do you all travel?
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Posts in this topic
 Student Traveler Why do you travel? Aug 2 2006, 03:12 PM ScottWoz Hey there Student Traveler,
Seems to me you'v... Aug 2 2006, 10:19 PM  occidenoir
The 'lesson' is [b]life, and our only hop... Jul 30 2007, 06:30 PM introducinlyric
i love this by anywherebuthere its so true, love... Jul 30 2007, 08:21 PM Jessica_CDN Hmm...if I die in a 25 mile radius of where I grew... Aug 3 2006, 10:05 AM uncle_davros Because there is more to life than what is in your... Aug 5 2006, 01:06 AM whereshegoes I am a traveler who goes just to see. I like to ex... Jul 30 2007, 01:01 PM anywherebuthere I travel because I need proof that other countries... Jul 30 2007, 05:54 PM charlamae I originally started travelling because I come fro... Aug 3 2007, 09:13 PM kitkatgo Well, at a fundamental level, I travel because I a... Aug 4 2007, 04:02 PM ScottWoz ..because every waking day is a revelation. Every... Aug 6 2007, 02:03 AM whereshegoes Hey Sam! Good to see you here again and in a g... Aug 6 2007, 09:41 AM introducinlyric isn't there a topic exactly like this one call... Aug 6 2007, 11:31 PM wakingdream To unwrap the layers of life. Staying on the surfa... Aug 7 2007, 01:00 PM bsuarez I've always been travelling in my life to go b... Aug 13 2007, 07:02 PM exploreamerica There is a huge difference between traveling in yo... Aug 17 2007, 01:36 PM helloall I travel because it gives me a welcome break from ... Aug 24 2007, 03:00 AM spspecial Completely agree with Scott..
Travelling among peo... Aug 24 2007, 03:17 AM semi-backpacker I travel because every new place I visit and every... Sep 21 2007, 04:03 PM rbisset To escape the mundane 9-to-5 life at home! Got... Sep 25 2007, 11:13 AM wakingdream
Right on Rich! Sounds like something really ... Sep 25 2007, 12:23 PM rbisset Lets just say it'd be a hardcore (mainly) over... Sep 25 2007, 12:54 PM laorfamily The same reason a dog licks its balls ... because ... Sep 25 2007, 01:10 PM rbisset
The same reason a dog licks its balls ... because... Sep 25 2007, 01:12 PM toekoms-hoop Although I haven’t travelled yet, I am travelling ... Sep 25 2007, 01:26 PM koreaismagical Because of the beautiful place.
and oh the cultur... Dec 11 2007, 06:09 AM rbisset Umm sitting around in a broken down car on the A3 ... Dec 11 2007, 10:10 AM sianeth Ahhh mate - it may not be as bad as you think. My ... Dec 11 2007, 05:23 PM ScottWoz Rich, I feel ya man. I pulled up yesterday in Fre... Dec 11 2007, 09:45 PM toddsangel to get out and have fun Dec 12 2007, 10:20 PM travelmonster Because it makes me feel alive. Dec 16 2007, 01:06 PM luckyscout Love to travel just to do it!! See quote ... Feb 13 2008, 09:55 PM starlagurl We've all got reasons for traveling, what are ... Jun 4 2008, 09:10 AM donyan We've all got reasons for traveling, what are... Jun 4 2008, 10:00 AM starlagurl Hey cool! My best friend's dad is a portab... Jun 4 2008, 10:02 AM travelmonster It's an integral part of who I am - I cannot i... Jun 5 2008, 02:27 PM starlagurl Very interesting. Why is that? When did that feeli... Jun 5 2008, 02:35 PM travelmonster Well, I'd like to say that its always been the... Jun 5 2008, 02:49 PM starlagurl That's really cool.. and now you have a new hu... Jun 5 2008, 02:58 PM travelmonster Yes, I left that husband a few months after we got... Jun 5 2008, 03:02 PM starlagurl Wow...interesting because I did the same thing. We... Jun 5 2008, 03:04 PM travelmonster Yeah strange. I couldn't be with anyone who d... Jun 5 2008, 03:08 PM starlagurl Yeah seriously. I need to date more hippies. Jun 5 2008, 03:10 PM travelmonster Why? Jun 5 2008, 03:13 PM starlagurl Hahaha because they like to travel in the same way... Jun 5 2008, 03:15 PM travelmonster Does that mean you like to stay in one place if yo... Jun 5 2008, 03:20 PM starlagurl Ummmmmm no not necessarily... but yeah, that is a ... Jun 5 2008, 03:21 PM travelmonster Whats your reason for travelling anyways? Jun 5 2008, 03:41 PM starlagurl I don't know... it's cliche, but I'm a... Jun 5 2008, 03:42 PM travelmonster do you always feel like you are searching for some... Jun 5 2008, 03:43 PM starlagurl Yep... I don't know what it is though... I... Jun 5 2008, 03:47 PM travelmonster I spent years and years and years searching for so... Jun 5 2008, 04:06 PM starlagurl
I spent years and years and years searching for s... Jun 6 2008, 08:16 AM kjonline I actually have Gypsy blood somewhere in my herita... Jun 5 2008, 05:28 PM inasia2008 Nice!
Going back to what Paula said before abo... Jun 5 2008, 07:13 PM introducinlyric isnt this same thread floating around these forums... Jun 6 2008, 03:11 AM ScottWoz Could be, there are quite a few.. Jun 6 2008, 06:51 AM starlagurl There, happy? I merged it. Jun 6 2008, 08:14 AM travelmonster
"Right here inside me" Aw... was it ra... Jun 6 2008, 12:38 PM starlagurl Yeah she is really cute. Now I want to see a pictu... Jun 6 2008, 12:56 PM travelmonster hehe, that'll have to come at a later date... Jun 6 2008, 01:04 PM moinmotion Someone else mentioned this quote in the thread a ... Jun 12 2008, 09:27 PM donyan :flowers: Someone else mentioned this quote in the... Jun 13 2008, 10:43 AM starlagurl So you travel as a learning experience? Jun 13 2008, 08:58 AM moinmotion
So you travel as a learning experience?
Now th... Jun 13 2008, 12:51 PM starlagurl That's nice, can you remember the last time wh... Jun 13 2008, 01:05 PM travelingg Ever since I was a kid, the desire to "ventur... Jun 16 2008, 10:03 AM starlagurl Aw, that's so cute. I was like that when I was... Jun 16 2008, 01:41 PM introducinlyric
Aw, that's so cute. I was like that when I wa... Jun 21 2008, 11:48 PM starlagurl Hey! I just found it on Kijiji!
http://mo... Jun 23 2008, 10:53 AM donyan why do I travel? that's what a nomad does...
... Jun 27 2008, 09:19 AM starlagurl Hey donyan, welcome back!
When did you become... Jun 27 2008, 10:01 AM donyan
Hey donyan, welcome back!
When did you becom... Jun 27 2008, 09:10 PM starlagurl Your parents were nomads too? Jul 2 2008, 08:49 AM donyan
Your parents were nomads too?
mother: :rip_1:
bo... Jul 2 2008, 09:48 PM inasia2008 That's pretty amazing! Jul 2 2008, 10:14 PM starlagurl Pretty cool, how did your parents end up in Mexico... Jul 3 2008, 09:01 AM donyan
Pretty cool, how did your parents end up in Mexic... Jul 3 2008, 09:22 AM starlagurl Wow, what a tragic story! Thanks for sharing. Jul 3 2008, 10:48 AM donyan
Wow, what a tragic story! Thanks for sharing.... Jul 4 2008, 10:35 AM starlagurl OK, whatever floats your boat. It just sounded sca... Jul 4 2008, 10:36 AM donyan
OK, whatever floats your boat. It just sounded sc... Jul 4 2008, 11:24 AM donyan
OK, whatever floats your boat......I love that ex... Jul 5 2008, 09:19 AM starlagurl Yeah, that's what I meant, I forgot your grand... Jul 4 2008, 12:17 PM starlagurl Haha, is it a Canadian thing? I didn't think s... Jul 7 2008, 08:11 AM jeremystravels I travel because I know too many people who grew o... Jul 27 2008, 12:06 AM starlagurl
I think my favorite quote is something along the ... Jul 28 2008, 03:08 PM jeremystravels
That's really horrible that your family would... Jul 28 2008, 08:49 PM chloee_05 to learn, to explore, to have fun, to meet people.... Jul 27 2008, 06:39 AM helenbels I have always wanted to see the world, but was hap... Jul 28 2008, 05:43 PM starlagurl
I suddenly realised that life is too short and if... Jul 29 2008, 08:50 AM jeremystravels I think they're still going to worry, but I gu... Jul 29 2008, 04:42 PM starlagurl
I think they're still going to worry, but I g... Aug 21 2008, 02:10 PM skylab jeremystravels, I'm in the same boat as you. M... Aug 21 2008, 03:13 PM jeremystravels
jeremystravels, I'm in the same boat as you. ... Aug 30 2008, 11:47 AM starlagurl Awesome, I'm glad to hear it! Add me to yo... Aug 21 2008, 03:14 PM psubrat93 I guess you can say I have 'wander lust'. ... Sep 1 2008, 08:39 PM starlagurl Hahaha psubrat, that's hilarious. 14 weeks sou... Sep 2 2008, 09:46 AM
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