Why we travel?
Outline
1.
Your travels
2.
Why travel?
3.
Why travel top 10
4.
Why should young people
travel?
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Why don't Americans
travel?
6.
Self-imposed Isolation
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Long way Round / Long
Way Down review
8.
A geographer's
perspective
Your travels
Residing in Nebraska I
have visited most of the States in the Midwest including Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Indiana. Many of these travels were
due to visiting my friends from different universities across the region. Other
than that, I visited Santa Monica my when I was 16. Unlike myself, my sister
was a big traveler. To celebrate after I qualified for the state wrestling
tournament, she let me stay with her for a week when she rented a place by
Santa Monica Boulevard.
Huberman elaborates that
there is more to travel than what Maine has to offer. She witnesses first-hand
India of being a “dustbin” for waste management. Huberman also was aware after
her travels she has broadened her horizon on which she sees real world issues.
Huberman became wiser and more aware after her experiences abroad rather than
“looking through the window” and her encounters made her wiser on international
issues as she seemed to take for granted. Now Huberman sees Maine from a
different view before her travels.
Benefits of traveling:
It teaches you about your homeland. The first benefit to me is learning about
the culture and the history. If you constantly travel, you have more
opportunity to immerse yourself in several different cultures and enrich your
knowledge of the history of the places you travel.
Benefits of traveling:
It provides you with stories you can tell your children and grandchildren.
Another big aspect on travel is walking away from the memories that you built.
Those to me are priceless and your experiences will live on based on the
stories and experiences you share to others.
Another Benefit of
traveling is it teaches you about yourself. Traveling and studying abroad is
not only a trip, but an investment to yourself which will broaden your
horizons.
Why should young people travel?
Comment on Peterson's
arguments for why young people should travel. What are the six reasons and can you think of more?
I agree with all of
Peterson’s arguments on why young people should travel. If I had to reaffirm
with one of her arguments it would be that traveling builds confidence.
Traveling (especially on you own) can make someone very anxious. But with
repetition, and of being out of your comfort zone consistently you will build
confidence which is priceless. With individuals who suffer from anxiety due to
traveling I believe this subsides after consistent travel.
I would also add to
Peterson’s argument that you will cherish history more and have a better
understanding of cultural landmarks. I know when I visited the Santa Monica Pier I was immersed in the history of the entire area of
Muscle Beach, and I can only imagine other places that have more of a
historical significance.
I believe a lot of
Americans (including myself) do not travel as much is because it breaks
routine. So many Americans trap themselves in a 9-5 position which hinders
their ability to travel and see the world in a different perspective. Travel
can also be expensive which also is a big contribution on why Americans do not
travel. Researching why Americans do not travel; in an article called “Half of
Americans won’t take a vacation this summer—and not just because they can’t
afford it” Shawn M Carter explains that workloads and staffing play a role in
why people are tethered to their jobs. It is a good read, here the link: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/25/3-reasons-americans-wont-take-a-vacation-this-summer.html
Self-imposed Isolation?
My family can be a good
example of self-imposed isolation. Other than my sister (who passed away) she
was the only one that really was determined to see various parts of the world.
My family is relatively close throughout the state of Nebraska. Due to that we
all have very structured routines. Though I wouldn’t say we are isolated but it is self-imposed traveling has not been
accustomed in my family. Whether it was money, or
being involved in sports activities we would hardly travel as a family.
Long way Round / Long way Down review
I agree
with Wallaston’s statement that “The whole
thing is a spectacular display of incompetence”. Despite being well equipped
they still were not suited to be cruising through Mongolia’s soft trails. To
me, I believe that showed how naïve Mcgregor and
Boorman were about the landscape.
A Missing Geographic Perspective
As Mcgregor
and Boorman went on their travels I feel like they could’ve known the geography
better on episode 5. Traveling through the desert, the soft sand made travel
such an uphill task. Because they could not cross the river while in Mongolia, Mcgregor and Boorman had to travel up dangerous terrain.
They could have done a better job analyzing the terrain. As a result, Claudio
wrecked into a boulder.