The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page, a quote from Saint Augustine. Too often we find ourselves subject to the truths we are brought up to believe are true, traveling for me, is challenging those truths and overcoming my fear of new places. It is getting away from your everyday life by stepping outside your comfort zone and trying something that you are not used whether it is food or engaging in yourself in different customs and beliefs. It’s about finding new and different ways of doing things. Traveling is an adventure that helps breed understanding, broadens our perspectives and makes the world more interconnected by destroying boundaries of which we can make unforgettable memories, new experiences and meet new people. And in the end hopefully from what we learn challenges us to become better people.

Some say that travel is all about souvenirs and crazy fun. Although that is true, travel can also serve as a political act when we go back home and practice what we learn. When we travel, our view of the world expands and so does our understanding of things which then enables us to better address the challenges that tackle our own nations by using our countries as positive examples. By visiting other countries we can learn new and effective way of doing things such as ideas on how to improve healthcare and education systems or even new farming methods that you can implement back home and help farmers be more efficient and productive.