MarkPaulda

No matter how, when, why or where you travel around the world you are sure to receive one of the best educations of your life. The lessons you learn may be small and unnoticeable or they may be huge and life changing. A foreign culture may make you realise something you didn’t know about yourself and sometimes even move you to tears. My visit to Bhutan took me to a state of peacefulness I’ve not found anywhere in the Western world. I can’t begin to describe the effect the tiny kingdom had on me except to say when I viewed photos and video from the journey, tears rolled down my cheeks. It’s a mystery to me why the tears came even today. All I know is Bhutan touched me beyond measure. The taste of new food, aromas, colors and even travel sounds can leave an impression on you well after you leave a destination. The sensory elements of travel may inspire you to add them to your own creative adventures in cooking or music or handicrafts. You may be in awe of Big Ben or Mont Saint Michel glowing against the night sky. Istanbul’s Blue Mosque or the Old Medina in Marrakech send your senses into sensory overload. A sunset on a beach in the Caribbean or Bali may change the way you look at the world. But most of all, it is the people you meet along the way who will touch you in ways you never though imaginable. Maybe you’ll understand that we are all just trying to make it in this world. We just happen to speak differently or pray a little different. Inherently, we’re all good people.