Reasons to Travel

First question of the day. do you have a specific reason to travel? At this point I’m not talking about traveling for work, but when you decide to go outside your current locale Actually this brings up something that we can ponder on later: what is considered travel?

For me, traveling is an experience like no other. Even if it’s for a short amount of time, and even if I’m just going to our sister island Bonaire, travel has always had a magical touch to it. It’s time which you are totally liberated from the social responsibilities that so many of us have. 

The main reason I have for traveling is to disconnect fully, engage again in who I am, revive my senses and revive latent passions. Going away provides me with the excuse to be a kid again, go crazy when I want to, dance like no one is watching and not caring about anything in particular – just being with my family and enjoying different things.

Culture became something of interest in the last years of travel: previously it was [only] the people. Now one might argue that the people are the culture. To me meeting new people, hearing about their daily lives and getting to know their customs made me want to travel the world because life in Curacao is so much different than life in Puerto Rico or England or Spain. This has broadened my horizon to the point where empathy has become more a way of life than anything else: travel has shaped me into becoming a better version of me.

Even this don’t bother me:

Because let’s face it: whatever is behind that security line is way better than the discomfort of not being your savvy self all the time haha :D.

What are your reasons to travel? For fun or anything else? Let us know below!