Traveling–it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.
– Ibn Battuta
For the past few weeks, I’ve been inspired to challenge myself to do something definitely new and not-really-me: traveling. It’d be a great pleasure to be given opportunity to visit some places outside the place I live, but that’s just going to accomplish the visiting-as-a-tourist circumstances, while I want to experience being a traveler. Just like Ibn Battuta, maybe? Well, okay, just close to that …
I’m actually not a sort of traveling person. At all. I mostly prefer the ‘comfort zone’, the ’status quo’ state or something.
But, that’s about to change.
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… at least that’s the plan :p
Travel teaches you how to see.
– Anonymous
I don’t know what’s going on, but life’s been a bit surprising for me on this term–traveling. Been weeks I found some sources that have to do with traveling, without warning (don’t wanna use the word ‘coincidence’). Okay, so is that some kind of ’sign’ or something? No idea.
First, two people–that I don’t know at all–told their interesting traveling stories in a very interesting way.
Second, I found an article on a young woman whose hobby is traveling. The very first time she travelled was when she visited her long-distance-friend … alone.
Third, I read Travelers’ Tale–Belok Kanan: Barcelona by Adhitya Mulya + his wife + 2 other writers. Makes me even more curious to try traveling *would I have the courage…?* Inside this book, all things traveling are revealed in a light way. So appealing. Makes me more triggered to travel one day–I don’t know, somewhere (but when… I’m gonna soon work Monday to Sunday this semester…).
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Well, having a plan is already a good thing, right … :)
Traveling–all you have to do is take the first step.
–Ibn Battuta