Hello friends! Beside passion for discovering new places, I have always wondered, Is travelling worth the amount of money I spend on it? I know many of you might be thinking of it too. Why should we travel? What is it worth spending this much amount of money? So, In my today’s blog, I am going to talk about the benefits of travelling.

1. Discover yourself

From the beginning of my youth till now, I always thought of me as an Introvert. I never liked going to new places, I was shy to talk to new people, and definitely, the worst public speaker you can ever meet. But, then I discovered that it was just a miss-representation of myself. I get to know what kind of person I am through travelling. It can help you know discover your passion, and find a better track for yourself.

2. Travelling relieves stress

At school or at work, we have a lot of deadlines to compete with and some difficult groups/tasks to work with. Sometimes, life becomes too stressful to handle. Doing the same work, again and again, every day makes life boring also. Travelling actually helps to leave those stressful things behind and gives you a chance to live your life to the fullest. Trust me – You’ll feel better and happier than ever with travelling. The Study says that travelling can help you fight anxiety, reduce stress, decrease the risk of heart attacks and improve your mental health. 

3. Discovery of the world

Once you are out of your place, you will get to know that this world is far bigger than you thought of it. There are so many different cultures out there to learn from, so many delicious foods to taste and so many beautiful places to adore. You don’t know, but maybe, you can find your “special one” somewhere else. 

4. Improves your communication skills

When I thought of myself as an Introvert, I was very shy. It was the most difficult task for me to start communication with strangers and giving presentations. Travelling to different places helped me to learn and improve my communication skills. Now, it is easier for me to present in front of a huge number of people, and making friends. Maybe for you, it can actually help you to open the doors for becoming a public speaker to PR professional. 

5. Improves Confidence

Travelling will inevitably make you more independent and confident. You will realize that you can cope with a lot of unexpected situations. Once you are out there surrounded by unknown faces, you will realize that you can survive without all that help that is always available for you at home. You will likely find out that you are much stronger and braver than you have expected.

6. Create memories for a lifetime

As we all know, In this tech-savvy generation, we have all the facilities and technologies that can help us to capture those precious moments and beautiful scenarios, which was not that easy few years back. If you love sharing photos on social media, this is your call. You can have abundant of memories (some sweet & some weird ones) to share with your friends and family. 

Results

Yes! Now, even studies have proven that travelling is good for you and your health. Travel alone or with your family, I assure you will never regret spending money on going to a beautiful journey. Planning to travel somewhere? Don’t waste your precious time over-thinking. 

Hello Reader! I am Simran and today in my first blog, I am going to share about my first experience as a tourist. Growing up, I used to be very passionate about travelling and seeing wildlife. All I wanted to do was travel the world and see what is out there. I read the experiences of people who had travelled to see nature and they had so much to say about how travelling had changed their lives. I got so curious to want the experience everyone that had travelled was talking about. Travelling to Africa for me remained a dream until last summer holidays. I decided to fulfil my dreams and to begin exploring this beautiful world and get to know its beautiful creatures.

My First Experience with Wildlife

Soon on arrival in Kenya, our tour guard took us to the Nairobi National Park, and this is where I had my first experience with wildlife. I saw a lot of wildlife such as the Gazelles, lions, leopards, and giraffes, to mention but a few. I thought I was the only one to have this experience, but my group had a lot of questions about those scenarios.   This was just the beginning of the African experience. We also visited Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha, Maasai Mara, and the Serengeti National Park.

The Mara

Maasai Mara is the most visited Geographic Park in African. This is where we got to experience the best culture, food, and wildlife as it was in the magazines. The Maasai Mara National Park has all kinds of wildlife ranging from lions, rhinos, elephants, leopards, gazelles, buffalos, zebras, giraffes and some of the rarest species of wildlife in the world. We were lucky to have visited in June because this is when the wilder beast closes the Serengeti Rivers. There is no experience like seeing how the full beast braves up to close the Serengeti River which is flooded with crocodiles that prey to them. I got to see the wildlife cycle of life. Predators like lions and leopards feasted on weak gazelles and zebras.    

 

 

Local Cultures

Beyond the wildlife experience, we got to interact with the local communities living close to the park on the Loita Hills. The tour guard we had been travelling with gave us a brief history of the Maasai tribe and gave us a tour of the village. They build houses with mud, sticks, cow dung and grass. The tour guard said that it was one of the African tribes that had followed their traditions for centuries. The Maasai is a tribe well-known for their cultural dance and is great herdsmen. Women and men from this community came out to entertain us with dancing and milk which they called “mursik” from bottles made from cow skin. Learning about different traditions and customs was educative, and it gave me a close understanding of how important it is to maintain a culture in African communities.

Life Lesson

The experience in Africa was the best thing I have ever had my life as it changed my life for the better. I learnt the importance of conserving culture and the need to travel more and experience more cultures around the world. It has always been my dream to have such fun. As such, it marked one of the historical experiences of my life. It was just a beginning as there is a world to explore. In my next blog, I will share my experience with “The Great White North”. What’s The Great White North? – It’s Canada 🇨🇦