Here to sum up #my2015travelstories 150pics in 1 photo
-drove from Prague to Dečin, hiked Česky Scyčarsko, Bohemian Switzerland, and drove to Dresden to hike Saxon Switzerland
-drove and traveled around Germany- Berlin, Frankfurt, Aachen, Berchtesgaden, Potsdam, Greifswald, Hamburg, Hannover; i thank God for giving the Deutsche the idea to create highways without speed limit!
-drove to south Germany, hiked in the Schwarzwald "Black Forest"
-epic family Euro-trip ::
-drove from Prague to The Netherlands in Schipol airport - travel in Amsterdam, Zaanse Schan
-drove around Belgium - Gents
-drove around France - Paris, Metz
-drove around Switzerland - Basel, Interlaken, Lausanne, Rhinefall; the views from the window are to die for!
-drove around Luxembourg;
-drove around Austria - Salzburg, Vienna, Graz, Parndorf Designer Outlet ;
-drove around Poland- Gdansk, Warsaw, Morskie Oko (for hiking)
-road trip to Baltic states; drove around Estonia- tallin
-drove around in Latvia - riga
-drove around in Lithuania - Kaunas, Vilnius, Nida the Curonian Spit
-travel back home in Malaysia : a lot of food hunting and awesome holiday; best! Cuma byk tol!
-Bangkok, thailand; 24hour transit
-Istanbul, turkey; 24hour transit
-travel to Portugal : Lisbon, Sintra, Lagos - with Samantha @ Rute. They are shmayzing!!!
-Road trip and drove from Olomouc to Slovenia through Austria : Bled, Bohinj, Mount Vogel, Ljubljana, Postojna Cave, Maribor
10 WONDERFUL LIFE LESSONS I'VE LEARNED THROUGH TRAVELING
1.Gratitude
The amount of gratitude I experienced came on many levels. I really appreciated the opportunity to be able to travel as well as what I already had back home. I met a woman on my travels that really placed emphasis on the importance of taking the time to be thankful for things in your life daily and how you will receive more by doing so. Taking it on board straight away, I started voicing my thank you to life and looking for things to be thankful for. A deep appreciation for what I have each day, the people I meet and the challenges that come my way has opened my heart to the blessings that are existent every single day.
2. Stepping outside your comfort zone is not as hard, as you think
One of the most important life lessons that traveling can teach you is that stepping out of your comfort zone is OK. Just as in everyday life, you get far more from traveling, when you try something a little different. Go beyond just the capital cities of major western countries, which all look pretty much the same anyway, and you will find a whole new world of experiences to explore. Yes, it will be different and yes, at times, it can be scary, but step outside your comfort zone and you will find new precious experiences, you will find that it’s worth it.
3.You Learn to be More Adventurous.
Travel has a way of bringing people out of their shell.It will bring a side out of you that you might otherwise never would have known existed. This is my favorite side, the adventure side. As you start facing more fears, you become more fearless Next life lesson that traveling can teach you is being able to take risks. There are bad people in the world, but, there are vastly more good people. If you weighed up all the risks in life, you probably wouldn’t even step outside your front door. Traveling teaches you to be more adventurous, but it also teaches you that by taking sensible precautions, you can minimize risk.
4.Live in the moment
Travel can also teach you to live in the moment by being in constant awe of your surroundings. When you are in a new place, you tend to pay attention to the smells, scenery and noises around you more than you would at home. If you do this long enough while traveling, it can become a habit so that when you get home you may find yourself viewing your surroundings in the eyes of a traveler.Also, you will find that things do not always go as planned when you are traveling. You learn to go with the flow and make the best of what is thrown at you.
5.Teaches You not to Stress Over the Small Stuff.
Travel teaches you how to handle the small things. Getting lost, your atm card getting denied, pickpocket or getting stuck in traffic when you should already be at the airport are all examples of small stresses on the road.
However, after confronting these problems a few times, I’ve learned that things seem to fix themselves. Plus, these tiny stressful moments usually become the stories I share with others. Travel teaches you not to worry about the things that aren’t worth your time and energy.
6.You Learn the Life Lesson not to be Materialistic and Selfish.
When everything you have fits in a backpack, you realize just how little you really need.Living in hostels, meeting locals less fortunate than you, and traveling with people from all over the world teaches you how to be considerate of others and share what you have.Many people are surprised by the kindness they encounter when traveling, and it only makes them eager to pay it forward.
7. It Breaks Down Your Walls
When you spend time with different cultures and see the kindness of strangers, it breaks down the stereotypes. You learn that 99 percent of the people in the world, really are good people. In fact, you realize that you actually share more things in common than what you could imagine. Most people want a better world, peace and happiness, and they are willing to reach out to help their fellow human beings.
8.Never Stop Dreaming and DREAM BIG
Once people plan and accomplish a big travel goal, they realize how easy it is to achieve their dreams when they really put their mind to it. Some people are afraid to dream; afraid that it will only lead to failure.
Other people let their dreams stay exactly that….dreams. Travel can give you the drive to turn your dreams into your reality.
9.Our day to day problems are not such a big deal:
Sometimes we tend to live in a little box and think that our problems are monumental. But compared to what some people have to deal with on a day to day basis, many of our problems really are not that bad.
10. Travel Teaches You to Make the Most of Each Moment.
Life is short and the older I get the more I realize how short it really is. Each day is a new beginning, a fresh awakening, a beautiful opportunity for something wonderful to happen. And each day comes with a choice
How are you going to spend it? Too often, people get lost in the rut wasting away precious minutes. Traveling makes you aware that there is so much more to see, learn, and experience.
Yes, travel does change people. It will stretch your limits, open your eyes, and blow your mind. It will cause you to deal with things that most people put off all their lives and it will allow you to explore beyond your dreams. It has its cost but also its rewards and I firmly believe that it is truly beneficial to those who embrace it. No matter what stage of the game you are in, consider making travel apart of it.
