Air travel definitely brought me a passion for traveling around the world to see and possibly catch up with different yet diversely interesting cultures that you might be able to experience for yourself if you are just sitting around in small town. The picture on the left is taken this August when we were approaching to Santiago de Chile. I could see the sunrise near Andes Mountain. I still cannot forget my very first long haul intercontinental flight when I was about nine-year-old. If bring a lot more compassion when you are traveling with friends, family. But life moves on and a lot of times traveling is done without anyone traveling together. Air travel definitely shaped my interests towards the world and how I see it like nobody else does. Of course, you can access vast amount of information pouring into World Wide Web that you do not need to travel 12 hours to Tokyo to hear what is really going on there. However, I believe seeing it from Television or your laptop computer does not bring you the same experience as you might be able to encounter in person on the spot. The fact that you could take a flight to London in eight hours by plane from Minneapolis or just about anywhere is fascinating. I believe that the world works ubiquitously without us realizing is absolutely true. It is just us that we do not easily realize about the fact. I have been interested in anything to do with air travel, travel, news around the globe ever since I took a long vacation with my family when I was little. That brought me a goal to visit every single continent and I am getting there and will eventually. Currently, I have Africa, Oceania left and Antarctica but since it is horribly expensive and the fact that it is inhibited continent I might have to be horribly rich to travel there in the future. I have not lived for 40 years but I believe traveling can bring you very moving experience especially when you fly. Of course, airport security is as high as ever as before. But once you go through some hassles and bustles, I believe there will be another window that would likely to shape your life differently than ever before.
I agree with you completely! Traveling is essential to immersing one's self into a different culture. And it is such an eye opening experience! I love how you took a window and used that as a "window of opportunity." As college students we are given many chances to study and/or volunteer abroad and why not? We don't have any major financial obligations or huge commitments yet! There is no way to replace the experiences you have when you travel!
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