I was sitting in the Cusco airport last night when it really hit me.

After spending three and a half months living in Bolivia, I was waiting for my return flight. Suddenly, I thought, “What if I had stayed?”

“Not until we are lost do we begin to find ourselves.” — Sir Edmund Hillary

Each of us buys plane tickets, books hotels, and buys Lonely Planet travel guides for different reasons. Our expectations of travel differ, and so do our interests when it comes to seeing the…