One of the most eye opening experiences you can get in life is the travel experience.
Traveling out of your location and comfort zone helps introduce you to the cultures, food and life style of people in other places, it gives you an insight as to what makes them tick.
Travel is an amazing dispeller of misconceptions and prejudices - you’ll discover that your Kenyan friend is not from Lagos, the mafia will not be waiting to get you at the airport in Milan, you will not meet a lion in the street in Mombasa, you will not be served a whole frog in Tokyo and there are no walking talking mummies in Egypt, to mention but a few.
The difference between a widely, globally traveled leader and a local though heavy flyer is like night and day.
Few experiences open your mind and the eyes of your understanding like traveling does.
The good thing is that while we may not all get the opportunity to jump on a plane and take a luxurious flight to the other end of the world, we can travel by books, travel magazines, tv, and the internet, Google maps of course. Meaning there is little or no excuse to remain ignorant and unappreciative of the lives and times of societies other than ours. Bon voyage!!