Why Do We Travel?
The New York Times wants to know. So they pulled together a 41-page slideshow asking people from all over the world why they travel. From Moldova to Greenland, Hong Kong to Pakistan, the snapshots capture the widespread likes of students, monks, and legal advisors as they experience the beauty of travel.
Some answers are common, some are more personal. Responses like: travel lends a hand to encouraging peace, getting to absorb common life, and the ability to see things from a different perspective. But one answer felt universal.
“It’s really the main kick of traveling for me — that you can meet people in such different circumstances, and really, it’s the same things that make people happy and it’s the same things that you can bond over,” said 20-year-old Anne Engedal, visiting the Taj Mahal in India.
From my own experiences in traveling I have learned the same – that no matter where you are, life carries the same themes and happiness looks strikingly similar, even in the smallest corners of our world.
Why do you travel? Do you think people visiting other places benefits our world?
photo credit: locket479
Tags: beauty, common life, Experience, greenland, happiness, hong kong, india, moldova, New York Times, pakistan, peace, perspective, slideshow, snapshots, taj mahal, travel
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