I feel very passionate about the need for travel because of the wisdom you will
acquire. I always struggled to learn from books though I know lots of family
and friends who can absorb knowledge easily that way. But the knowledge you
gain by experience and by seeing your world.. there is no way to even write
about it! It has to happen to you. Everyone has different aha! moments and
different challenges which will build their identity and I believe we have to
go out and find those outside of our comfortable routines. I know that time and
money are factors for most people in terms of traveling but I also know lots of
people who have made it happen despite those factors. Heck, I went to Israel
for free! And my brother works 60 hours
a week but he has still been to 4 continents! You have to want it. I want to inspire
you to want it by sharing my stories and
how they have made me a better person; stories of fun but also stories of
tears. I may have never pulled an all-nighter to study for exams but I have
spent years trying to understand the world up close as authentically as I can
find.
Sometimes the moments that stand out the most from traveling are the moments
I have been caught in monsoon rains on a motorbike, been caught in complete
confusion when no one spoke English, ate disgusting food, had a terrible nights
sleep, been half hanging out the door of a packed public bus, or been
hiking in ankle-deep mud with little Vietnamese girls holding both my hands to
steer me down the mountain. Its being able to laugh at all that because.. well,
that's life! And what about the times I ate amazing food at the place hidden in
an alley with all locals, played giant Jenga, participated in the world's
largest water fight, met a hunky Australian boy, taught Thai people how to make
pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, took a yoga class in Hebrew, or spent the night
in a Bedouin tent in the Israeli desert.
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Here are the journeys that made it into blogs..!
ISRAEL 40 Americans and Israelis desert, mountains, Holy City, beach!
NEPAL from monkey temples in Katmandu to watching
sunrise in the Annapurna Mountains
VIETNAM delicious food from the South to the North!
PHILIPPINES Chocolate Hills,
Beach, Manila with locals
CHIANG MAI & LAOS Thai New Year celebration, tribe trekking, tubing on the river!
CAMBODIA TEFL Course, Phnom Pehn, Siem Reap, Angkor Wat
TEACHING ENGLISH IN THAILAND
Read more about other countries from the "traveling yoga teacher perspective" in Yoga-ing the World.
My goal for my future journeys is to stay a bit more "off the beaten path," have less of a plan, learn more language, and let the universe provide.
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