Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. - Gustave Flaubert In continuation of my previous post Travel Safety Tips for the Female College Student Abroad Part 1. Here are some more tried and true steps and missteps that I have encountered during my travels abroad. Personal boundaries …
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If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be- Maya Angelou Traveling alone is a risky but also an exciting and rewarding endeavor. If solo travel is done with the right amounts of care, attentiveness, and enthusiasm it can lead to thrilling and life-enhancing experiences. Junior year …
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If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it was necessary to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? - Alexander …
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We each begin in innocence. We all become guilty. Leonard F. Peltier For some reason, many travelers like to loudly and publicly comment on how cheap everything is in the country they are visiting. However, have you ever noticed yourself doing this? I know I regretfully have... I have come across this kind of behavior …
Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind. – …
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust Traveling is a way to immerse oneself into different cultural ecosystems to cultivate a deeper understanding of what it is to be human. By seeking out new lands to walk upon, exotic foods to ingest, and listening …
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