Are you a Traveler

I’m making an assumption that at want point in your life you’ve been a tourist. You’ve carried a map, a camera, maybe even had a tour guide.You’ve traveled to different destinations, relaxed on remote beaches,climbed stairs in buildings you see on television. You’ve done all ofthese things but some how when you get arrive home, all your left withis a short memory, and a few photographs.

Vacations are niceevery once in a while, but it doesn’t make sense to me why we willtravel thousands of miles to sit in hotel rooms and watch movies, orlie on a pool deck and catch some rays. These are all things that wecan do where we are from, I want you to think about being a traveler not a tourist. You want to soak in as much of the new country andculture that you can rather than bring as much of your culture to them.It’s really quite simple. In one step you need to forget about your way of live, and adopt theirs.

It’s simple things like the mindsetthat we have when we go abroad, and what we bring. Don’t bring all ofthe things that we depend on in America. Bring what it is that you aregoing to need to survive and stay healthy during your visit. The morecomforts you have, the more you will depend on them, and the less youwill step out to become the traveler you ought to be!

Putyourself out there. Locals are always interested to interact withforeigners, and it’s best to take advantage of this. Meet people thatyou can share life with while you are in their country. Immerse intotheir culture and be open to new idea’s. A lot of times we are closedto new idea’s and we miss out on opportunities for better things tocome along. Be open, willing and accepting.

If you want to be changed, and to experience you need to leave thetourist at home. Bring out the inner traveler in you and see the worldin the way that it was meant to be seen.

by abd - beinformedof@gmail.com

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