Why do we travel?
I have been thinking about this lately.
Why do we travel? What are we running from? Why do we spend money for short term enjoyment? Why won’t we use our time, money and energy for better purposes?
You don’t need to travel just to find beauty. You can find beauty everywhere, even from the city where you live.
Sunset view in Jakarta, early days of 2017.
We travel to open our eyes, so we won’t prejudice other people without even trying to put ourselves in their shoes. We travel to meet different people, so we can be grateful of our own situation and learn to appreciate of what we have.
We travel to detach ourselves from routines, so we can think clearly and see our situation from different perspective.
We travel to dream, so we can know what we want and what we wish we can get rid from ourselves.
We travel to enjoy a romantic date with ourselves. To let ourselves more free without thinking of the burden of daily life and responsibility to follow the local rules and to please and serve the people surrounded us at home. We will know that it may not be required in some other places.
We also travel to humble ourselves, to make us closer to the Creator who made all the beautiful things in order, for us to enjoy.
And above everything else, travel makes me happy. Maybe it does to you too. And in my opinion, it is a very important investment above any other assets you can buy.
xx,
Dewi
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Hello 2017!
Dewi is back blogging again!
For you who didn’t know my previous blog (it was 6-7 years ago..) you may want to know what I am about.. So here we go!
I am a 30 years old who loves everything nice about this life: good food, good books and good music. I eat almost everything and dare to try anything new. I read at least 2-3 books a month. Depends on my current mood, I listen to any music from Ben Howard to Calvin Harris and Linkin Park. *Yes, I am a pretty random person :D
I also love traveling, but who doesn’t. ;) I have been to almost all countries in Europe and Asia, I have also been to Morocco, Svalbard and Peru. I love traveling solo, but a good companion sometimes can be nice too (it’s good to have some good pictures from a trip, and not only a selfie filled with my big face and a tiny part of the view :D). Next, I will be in Korea and Japan sometime this year.
I love hiking too! I will be hiking Mount Sumbing and Rinjani of Indonesia (and some other smaller mountains) in 2017! Wish me luck :)
Oh and I love to know new people! Let’s talk! I love telling stories and have long talk during a coffee. I am too a movie addict and big fans of Ewan McGregor! Ping me when any of his movies is out and you have a spare ticket to share :P
This is something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately too… I love your reasons though- especially the idea of being free…
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travel makes me happy:-) i like the excitement of being in a new place, the feeling of something new to my eyes, and the friendship of local people and the people we meet along the way.
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