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As the community developed from the shared travel mishaps on March 16th and 17th, many people began to talk to each other. Obviously, a very common question was “what do you do?” I had some interesting conversations with a gentleman from New Hampshire. He had traveled all over the world averaging 120,000 miles/year in his consulting business.
We talked a lot about where we had traveled. I was quite intrigued to learn that he had traveled to 77 countries. That was exactly 7 times more than me, so I was completely fascinated and asked a lot of questions. As my friends can attest to, I can be quite curious and don’t mind asking tons of questions.
I have a personal goal of visiting 100 countries before I die. Since I’ve only been to 11 so far, I’m working on ways to get to more. This gentleman had a lot of good tips for places to go. But I was mostly interested in the perspective that he had gained by visiting and meeting all of these different cultures.
Our world is full of richness and diversity. I would like to experience as much as I possibly can as I learn something from most people I meet.
I experienced the following lessons on this trip:
- You never know what’s inside someone until you talk with them.
- It doesn’t take much to develop a community.
- Friends can appear out of nowhere.
- Most people want to have fun regardless of their circumstance.
- My patience has increased over the years.
- It’s becoming easier for me to “go with the flow.”
- Don’t let someone else’s “baggage” be an excuse to be unhappy.
I can’t wait for the next adventure. It’s probably just around the corner.
Have a great day!
Michael