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Why We Travel| Slideshow | The New York Times
Take a look at The New York Times slideshow titled Why We Travel (here), and pause to reflect why you want need to travel.
The slideshow introduces everyday people speaking about why travel nourishes them, along with a photo of their destination, and you'll get that travel itch soon enough. Whether it be London, Havana, Lahore, Tokyo, Denver, Seattle, Hong Kong, Laos, Dusseldorf; whether you're a student, a father, a businessman, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, a teacher, an economics professor, a waitress, a rancher....travel is universal.
The title Why We Travel calls to mind Jennifer Cox's memoir Around the World in 80 Dates (yes, a fluffy title, but infinitely much better than the title suggests). Cox has charming insights about traveling, such as: "The experience of being in New York is like stroking a man-eating tiger: as much as it scares the bejesus out of you, for those moments it allows you to touch it, you know you are blessed and immortal." Amen.
Perhaps, Jozsef Reketye, 50, an insurance company employee from Budapest, says it all: "I enjoy traveling because I want to get to know people in other countries, to know about their lives. I think it's important nowadays for promoting peace. If people traveled more and met one another, maybe they would understand each other better."
Now, go book that flight.
More: Why We Travel slideshow @ New York Times | Around the World in 80 Dates by Jennifer Cox | (photo) VISITING THE TAJ MAHAL, INDIA, MAY 3, 2008 Anne Engedal, 20, a student from Silkeborg, Denmark, leaps into the air as her friends snap her photo @ New York Times
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