Travel is adventure. It opens your eyes and expands your perspective on life. It can change you for the better, if you stay away from tourists (or folks who look, talk, and eat like you do). Don't surround yourself with yourself. Get a world view. Make travel a political act. Travel is freedom. Top ten tips for traveling by Rick Steves are:

1. Get out of your comfort zone.
   
2. Connect with people and try to understand them.
   
3. Embrace cultural differences with joy rather than with judgment.
   
4. While traveling, read the local news. 
   
5. Put yourself in the shoes (or sandals, or bare feet) of the people you meet. 
   
6. Challenge your belief in the inherent superiority of your own ethnic group or culture. 
   
7. Be open to controversial activities that may not be objectively "right" or "wrong." 
   
8. Sightsee but with an alternative edge.
   
9. Travel with a goal of good stewardship and a responsibility to be an ambassador to, and for, the entire planet. 
   
10. Back home, be evangelical about your newly expanded global viewpoint.
    

Travel shapes who you are. If you don't travel, that's part of what defines who you are. You don't go anywhere? Maybe consider your ways. You may find that weaving favorite strands of other cultures into the tapestry of your own life makes your life amazing and meaningful. Live your life as if it shapes the world and the future — because it actually does. Believe that you matter. Then make a difference. Now, go. Travel. 

VIDEO GUIDES

TRAVEL GEAR

I use this travel bag.

I use this money clip.

Larger than the smaller clip.

I use the GoPro Hero7 Black camera.

TRAVEL APPAREL

During the day.

For the evening.

USA cap for sun protection.

I wear these because they wick away the sweat. 

TRAVEL ITINERARIES