Why do you travel?

locusstandi · Feb 14th, 2009, 19:44

Why do you travel?

Why do we travel?

What do you gain?

What do you expect?

Do you define yourself as a tourist?

perhaps section ain't apt but ...

Paleface · Feb 14th, 2009, 20:05

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Originally Posted by locusstandi

Why do you travel?

It's a good Q, have pondered it often, but for now and for you - I don't, travel outside of India that is, Probably because I'm arrogant and know there's no point going anywhere else....

spike · Feb 14th, 2009, 20:13

I guess I travel to escape the daily routine once in a while. To enjoy some time without worries. Go and see things because i want to see them. No musts.
I love to watch how people live their lives in other parts of the world. Don't really know why, haven't thaught about that really.
I often hear that people come back from India and have changed. I don't have this feeling, I'm the observing type.
What I gained with travelling is the knowledge that I shouldn't complain too much, I live a fairly easy life compared to others on this globe.
Am I a tourist ? Or am I a traveler, or a backpacker ? What's the diference ? Travelling tourist with a backpack sounds ok to me.

capt_mahajan · Feb 14th, 2009, 20:18

I have travelled most on work.

Next, to get away from myself, but then I realised that wherever I went, there I was

locusstandi · Feb 14th, 2009, 22:33

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Originally Posted by Paleface

and know there's no point going anywhere else....

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Originally Posted by capt_mahajan

but then I realised that wherever I went, there I was

I don't disagree

Perhaps "There's no point going anywhere" is wisdom which I have not yet earned

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Originally Posted by spike

I love to watch how people live their lives in other parts of the world. Don't really know why, haven't thaught about that really.

It's precisely THAT I was wondering about.

Why do we bother?

Voyeurism?

Hope?

Escape (that's still "hope" ain't it?!)

Humanity (what about it? why travel for humanity?)

Knowledge?

w o n d e r i n g ..

camelgirl · Feb 14th, 2009, 23:40

Lifelong curiosity about the variety of peoples & places, ideas, politics & religions around the globe.

A personal quest to keep myself from being nationalistic and xenophobic (A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.)

Learning from everywhere I go and seeing the amazing things that nature and humans have created around the world.

I'm a tourist and a traveler, trying to keep an open mind but not losing my mind

(values) while I go about my travels.

Hyderabadi · Feb 14th, 2009, 23:47

My favorite answer has been:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTtpFmgBmTI

Elitist luggage as some may say (and have said).

To me the ad is poetry.

chAos · Feb 15th, 2009, 01:25

There's something about travel that breaks you up and gives you the opportunity to learn about your own self through a unique lens. The opportunity is not always redeemed, though; one can always just make the uncomfortable part stop.

I don't know if that makes sense, and I don't know if that's why I travel.

I do know that when I travel, there's something restorative in it for me. Maybe it's the changes of scenery, perspective, or possibility.

labrol · Feb 15th, 2009, 01:32

Travel is my opium. Have never needed another intoxicant.

locusstandi · Feb 15th, 2009, 01:39

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Originally Posted by Hyderabadi

To me the ad is poetry.

there are poems and then there are poems..

Quote:

Originally Posted by camelgirl

Lifelong curiosity about the variety of peoples & places, ideas, politics & religions around the globe.
A personal quest to keep myself from being nationalistic and xenophobic. Learning from everywhere. trying to keep an open mind but not losing my mind

(values) while I go about my travels.

PeakXV · Feb 15th, 2009, 01:50

To thwart the rust & cobwebs from building up too much within the cerebral pipes.

locusstandi · Feb 15th, 2009, 05:03

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Originally Posted by chAos

The opportunity is not always redeemed, though; one can always just make the uncomfortable part stop.

We can always do THAT

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Originally Posted by chAos

I do know that when I travel, there's something restorative in it for me.

Restorative or disruptive? Or both?

palerider · Feb 15th, 2009, 05:30

Like Chaos, mine is a restorative process.
I would rather be sipping chai in a back street of Calcutta, or spending three days in an opium den in Chinatown, than doing my washing, and deciding whether to have rice or potatoes for dinner.

I'd rather find a goat sacrificing festival in a presbyterian church in Assam, than listening to a fat neighbor whinging about her diet not working.

I 'spose I travel because it gives me a better class of problems.

Hal · Feb 15th, 2009, 06:45

I search for beef and hope that people will bump into me inappropriately ten times a day.

annerobyn · Feb 15th, 2009, 07:21

I love to travel to experience new sights, new sounds, new aromas (being delicate here), new foods, simply put, NEW everything! Same old same old at home gets boring, just wish I could travel more.

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capt_mahajan Infidel Sufi Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: styx Posts: 13,606	I have travelled most on work. Next, to get away from myself, but then I realised that wherever I went, there I was __________________ . Outside the machine

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camelgirl 10 year Visa okee dokee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Swannanoa NC usa Posts: 2,037	Lifelong curiosity about the variety of peoples & places, ideas, politics & religions around the globe. A personal quest to keep myself from being nationalistic and xenophobic (A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.) Learning from everywhere I go and seeing the amazing things that nature and humans have created around the world. I'm a tourist and a traveler, trying to keep an open mind but not losing my mind (values) while I go about my travels. __________________ My selected India photos http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/s...r/7030/cat/500

Feb 15th, 2009, 01:32	#9
labrol Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Gurgaon, India Posts: 305	Travel is my opium. Have never needed another intoxicant. __________________ Alone I walked. Strangers joined in. We became a caravan.

Feb 15th, 2009, 01:50	#11
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 5,879	To thwart the rust & cobwebs from building up too much within the cerebral pipes. __________________ What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Don't go to India ~ Pre-trip Warnings & Misconceptions?

Feb 14th, 2009, 20:13	#3
spike Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 358	I guess I travel to escape the daily routine once in a while. To enjoy some time without worries. Go and see things because i want to see them. No musts. I love to watch how people live their lives in other parts of the world. Don't really know why, haven't thaught about that really. I often hear that people come back from India and have changed. I don't have this feeling, I'm the observing type. What I gained with travelling is the knowledge that I shouldn't complain too much, I live a fairly easy life compared to others on this globe. Am I a tourist ? Or am I a traveler, or a backpacker ? What's the diference ? Travelling tourist with a backpack sounds ok to me.

Feb 14th, 2009, 23:47	#7
Hyderabadi Maha Guru Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: GA,USA. Posts: 1,539	My favorite answer has been: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTtpFmgBmTI Elitist luggage as some may say (and have said). To me the ad is poetry.

Feb 15th, 2009, 01:25	#8
chAos I have a theory... Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: dakshin Posts: 1,334	There's something about travel that breaks you up and gives you the opportunity to learn about your own self through a unique lens. The opportunity is not always redeemed, though; one can always just make the uncomfortable part stop. I don't know if that makes sense, and I don't know if that's why I travel. I do know that when I travel, there's something restorative in it for me. Maybe it's the changes of scenery, perspective, or possibility.

Feb 15th, 2009, 05:30	#13
palerider this is Brad. He's cute Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Armidale, N.S.W., Australia Posts: 2,226	Like Chaos, mine is a restorative process. I would rather be sipping chai in a back street of Calcutta, or spending three days in an opium den in Chinatown, than doing my washing, and deciding whether to have rice or potatoes for dinner. I'd rather find a goat sacrificing festival in a presbyterian church in Assam, than listening to a fat neighbor whinging about her diet not working. I 'spose I travel because it gives me a better class of problems. __________________ I always wanted to be someone when I grew up, I realise now that I should have been more specific.

Feb 15th, 2009, 06:45	#14
Hal . . . _ _ _ . . . Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,302	I search for beef and hope that people will bump into me inappropriately ten times a day.

Feb 15th, 2009, 07:21	#15
annerobyn Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: canada Posts: 58	I love to travel to experience new sights, new sounds, new aromas (being delicate here), new foods, simply put, NEW everything! Same old same old at home gets boring, just wish I could travel more.

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