Should we be travelling more of our own country, before we head overseas?
March 5th 2008 01:49
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I love the overseas. There is so much culture and languages to learn and experience to stop me from planning yet another round the world trip at the end of the year. Travelling, as we all know, expand our life experiences and horizon and make us more aware of the rest of the world, and is one of the best education you'll ever get in terms of global knowledge and life appreciation.
However, I admit, I probably know Germany and Peru more than I know about anywhere in Australia, due to the lack of travels I do internally.
I go to Melbourne at least twice a year for work. But to me, that is not travelling, that's hopping from hotel to work back to hotel for a week before coming home to Sydney. I don't see much of Melbourne outside the CBD let alone explore the different areas of interest. Even if I do travel to places in Australia, say in Brisbane to visit my best friend, I don't have the eye of the tourist of trying to seek out different experiences like a tourist. So ask me what's so exciting about Morton Bay Island, I wouldn't have a clue.
My German friends all have been to Uluru and Broome. I've only seen the pictures from the travel brochures. When a German friend visited us in Sydney, I made an effort to travel the Great Ocean Road with him, and that's when I realised how beautiful Australia is and how different, each part of Australia feels. That was when I realised how much more I have got to learn about the different parts of where I live.
The same can be said about this German friend. It seems like I've seen more Germany than he has, even though he's been to most of the countries in South America.
Some then argue, should we be expected to know our own country a little better before we set off overseas? The fact that we don't travel our own country because it doesn't sound as exotic?
Do we not travel our own country because it's not as exotic? (Image source: www.aavc.vassar.edu)
However, I admit, I probably know Germany and Peru more than I know about anywhere in Australia, due to the lack of travels I do internally.
I go to Melbourne at least twice a year for work. But to me, that is not travelling, that's hopping from hotel to work back to hotel for a week before coming home to Sydney. I don't see much of Melbourne outside the CBD let alone explore the different areas of interest. Even if I do travel to places in Australia, say in Brisbane to visit my best friend, I don't have the eye of the tourist of trying to seek out different experiences like a tourist. So ask me what's so exciting about Morton Bay Island, I wouldn't have a clue.
My German friends all have been to Uluru and Broome. I've only seen the pictures from the travel brochures. When a German friend visited us in Sydney, I made an effort to travel the Great Ocean Road with him, and that's when I realised how beautiful Australia is and how different, each part of Australia feels. That was when I realised how much more I have got to learn about the different parts of where I live.
The same can be said about this German friend. It seems like I've seen more Germany than he has, even though he's been to most of the countries in South America.
Some then argue, should we be expected to know our own country a little better before we set off overseas? The fact that we don't travel our own country because it doesn't sound as exotic?
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