Reasons for Traveling

1.) Have a greater appreciation for family and friends.
2.) learn new skills, languages, and culture
3.) respect foreigners more
/  respect people of different diversity
4.) Learn the true value of a hard earned dollar to the rest of the world
5.) wealth is nice, but time is priceless
6.) develop a broad worldview and see how we are all connected
7.) wake up to the sound of a rooster
8.) see naked children and stray dogs walking the street
9.) learn to plan better
10.) increase mental acuity
11.) try to use sign language to communicate to people who have no clue what your saying
12.) meet great people
13.) wake up and realize your on a beach 10,000 miles away from home
14.) come to terms that you have to do your own laundry, feed yourself, and shop.
15.) most of all-> RELAX! Enjoy life :)

These are just a few of the many reasons to travel. People have such different opinions across the globe, i've met people who said Saddam Hussein was the best thing for Iraq.