traveling is about...

• making mistakes
• finding yourself
• losing yourself
• making new friends
• meeting new people
• learning who you really are
• learning how others see you (and your culture)
• new experiences
• new adventures
• new failures
• new challenges
• freezing
• excessive heat
• discomfort
• comfort
• not enough sleep
• occasionally, enough sleep
• new food
• new pains and stomach troubles
• realizing how much you miss those who aren´t with you
• realizing how much you miss those you just met, and how strongly they impacted you despite such a short intense time period you know them in