Why not travel?

Contemplating on a haven for backpackers, I was thinking, what made me love traveling?

As I go back to my younger, kid days, I remember that during Summers and New years day we head down low lands where my dad's origin is.  We go there to relax for a day or a weekend in the beach.  On the other hand, we travel too up north on my mom's side to the mountainous areas and join rituals of their tribe.

Not until I was 12 years old, when I was in 6th grade.  I can remember that was the first traveling experience I had without my parents or my family/sisters.  We were going on a Regional Science Fair, I was with my team mates at school and with my coach.  I was excited and happy and not scared at all.   I can not remember that I did cry looking for home.  Most probably is because our coaches were good and nice and the team was good.  That is one thing that makes traveling a whole lot different, your travel mates.  So from that time on I think I just didn't mind being away from home even if it means school work, but getting to know different people, a new place, new culture etc.  Lucky should I say that at school that was what gave me opportunity to travel until I was in highschool.  Fairs, conferences, sport meets.  I just remember one conference that I have to go alone without any coach and it was different.  Tough emotionally but I learned to be independent from that time on.

Now that I am OLDER yea older … I travel for business and leisure on my own or with friends.

Anyway I listed some question on my self interview (hahaha!) about my interest in traveling:

Longest period away from home: 6 months, I was already working but I was away from my own place, my friends and family for 6 months.  It is long enough since Pinoy culture have very close family ties.

When you travel where do you stay? Hotels - business travel/holidays; Travelling as a backpacker: hostels/guesthouses/friends houses/travellers houses (through couchsurfing.com)

Any favorite accomocation? Hotel: although they do not have the home feeling you pay for the service and the nice room - Ritz Carlton in Jakarta.  Guesthouse: Youth Guesthouse in Japan - clean and friendly.; couch: a number of favorites

Favorite Airlines? Singapore Airline! I don't mind sitting in the economy class.  Good food, nice service from the staff, good entertainment system, staff treat you well
Item you always bring when you travel: a book, cellphone and camera

Favorite destination? So far from my travels abroad, its Luang Prabang, Laos! Very simple life and idyllic envronment.  Locally: its Bohol and Palawan.  When you travel as well, even if you've been in the same destination, what makes it different experience is the people you travel with.

How do you get around: Business: taxi, backpacking: all kinds of the public transpo, and walk a lot!

What have you learned so far from traveling: A lot that money the money you spent can not even buy! The experience first hand of the culture, language, people, history that is very different from the books while you were learning at school.  Aside from that, it taught me to be more independent, got more sensitive of who really am I, you learn life while you travel.

Everyone should travel because … it makes you grow maturer and life is short.

Something you wish to do whenever you travel that you always don't do? Sketch! Or write a real travel blog of the destination … just that there are too many things to do, to less time!

Comments

[Oz]

Hi babe! Wow, seeing those words, couldn't have expressed it better myself. All the years and places I lived and traveled, you pretty well summed it all up. Traveling the world when I was 17 matures you in ways that you really cannot explain. But the line of learning cultures, people, places things most people dream of I (we) have gotten to do.

Continue to live the dream my dear, so that I can live it through you now.

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