"Stripped of your ordinary surroundings, your friends, your daily routines, your refrigerator full of food, your closet full of clothes - with all this taken away, you are forced into direct experience. Such direct experience inevitably makes you aware of who it is that is having the experience. That's not always comfortable, but it is always invigorating."
Clearly the person who wrote this is a true traveller. To me, being a real traveller doesn't mean you fly to Paris first class, get the fanciest hotel around and climb the Eiffel Tower or get a tour of the Louvre. It means coming to an intersection, closing your eyes, pointing in any direction, and taking that route. Its about taking chances. Grabbing a few of your closest friends and back packing the Grand Canyon. When you're tired, you rest. You find something different you'd like to try, so what do you do? Check it out. This quote to me describes the true qualities of a world traveller. Just to see something no one else may ever get the chance to see, doesn't make you a true traveller. It's about the experiences you have and the stories you come back with to tell the world. It's about opening up to the world. Giving it your all and being accepting of all it has to offer. It's frightening sometimes, lonely at others, but be strong. It forces you to grow into a person you would have never seen otherwise.
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