THE WORLD NEEDS TRAVEL

MARK TWAIN SAID SO.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. !

Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

YEP, SOMEONE SERIOUSLY JUST ASKED THIS:

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

THE FLIGHT IS OPPORTUNITY #1 TO RUB ELBOWS WITH A STRANGER.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

YET WE ALL SECRETLY PRAY FOR THIS:

TRAVEL, BECAUSE YOU CAN’T CHOOSE YOUR AMBASSADORS.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

TRAVEL BECAUSE THEY’RE REPRESENTING YOU.

TRAVEL BECAUSE YOU’RE FROM POUGHKEEPSIE. !AND “JERSEY SHORE” AIRS IN MORE THAN 30 COUNTRIES. !!

IS THE ONLY AMERICAN IN HIS JAPANESE

EXCHANGE PROGRAM.

TRAVEL BECAUSE THIS GUY:

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

THE WORLD COULD USE AN AMBASSADOR LIKE YOU.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

TRAVEL BECAUSE YOU’RE A GAY REPUBLICAN, AND THEY DON’T KNOW YOU EXIST.

TRAVEL BECAUSE THE ONLY MUSLIM THEY’VE SEEN IS ON FOX NEWS.

TRAVEL BECAUSE YOU’RE FROM BOSTON AND PRONOUNCE YOUR R’S.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

GOOGLE IS SICK OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU TOLD SOMEONE, “JUST GOOGLE IT”?

Ugh. Just go see for yourself.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

FOREHEAD SLAPS CAN BE PREVENTED.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

INSTEAD OF SENDING AN APOLOGY TWEET, DELTA SHOULD HAVE SENT THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM TO GHANA.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE WE’VE ALREADY GOT THE REST OF THE WORLD FIGURED OUT.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

ACCORDING TO BRITS:

ACCORDING TO AMERICANS:

ACCORDING TO LATIN AMERICANS

( THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.)

AND

TRAVEL, BECAUSE GOOGLE TELLS US EVERYTHING…

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

TRAVEL, BECAUSE WE THINK THE ONLY SAFE PLACE IS HOME.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

NUMBER OF “IS IT SAFE” QUESTIONS ON TRIPADVISOR: 511,152

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

IT’S WAY TOO EASY TO SAY, “IT’S NOT MY PROBLEM.”

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

!

TRAVEL BECAUSE, THEY SAY “SOME PEOPLE SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO TRAVEL.”

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

THEY ARE WRONG. THESE ARE THE ONES WHO NEED TO TRAVEL THE MOST.

THEY SAY SOME PLACES AREN’T EVEN WORTH SEEING.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

WHY DO WE CALL THEM “FLYOVER STATES”?

AFTER IS BETTER THAN BEFORE.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

AFTER

BEFORE

“When we get home, home is still the same. But something in our mind has been changed, and that changes everything.”

– John Lehrer

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YOU JUST CAN’T TRUST THE MEDIA

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

AFRICAVS.

AFRICA

COLOMBIA

LOS ANGELESINSERT YOUR MENTAL

IMAGE HERE:

IRAN

SOCIAL MEDIAOR

!

YOU CAN’T EVEN TRUST THE MAP!

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

WHAT WE THINK WE

KNOW:

REALITY:

THIS MAP MAKES ME LOOK FAT.

“YOU COULDN’T PAY ME TO GO TO__________ RIGHT NOW.”

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

CORRUPTION

SHARKS

PIRATES

“—WHY NOT? HAVEN’T YOU HEARD ABOUT THE______?!”

KID- NAPPING

LOOKS LIKE AUSTRALIA AND CANADA HAVE THE OK.

AND OVERALL, JUST NO.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO SEE FOR YOURSELF.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

OR NOT.

(HEY, AT LEAST THEY WENT.)

!

IT’S NOT JUST FOR YOUR RICH FRIEND.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

WHY DO WE THINK TRAVEL IS GLAMOROUS? IT’S TERRIFYING. AND AWKWARD. AND SHOULD BE A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT.

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IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE SOME WILD ADVENTURE.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

THIS IS STILL TRAVELING.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY STILL TRAVELING.

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YOU’RE IN A RUT.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

AND NO ONE THINKS YOU’RE FUN ANYMORE.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

IT MAKES YOU A KID AGAIN.

AND EVERYONE LOVES KIDS. THEY’RE THE MOST CARE-FREE, OPEN-MINDED CREATURES ON EARTH.

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ANTHONY BOURDAIN SAID SO.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

Dear Young Traveler, Anthony Bourdain once said: “If you’re 22, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.”   My advice? Just go. Just go, and at any age, because, the real question is, why wouldn’t you?   Go drop your fears. Go take EVERY CHANCE.   Go take a road trip with your friends. Go book a plane ticket to a land far away. Go spend money that you don’t have.  Go get stranded. Go hitchhike. Go learn the histories of other peoples and cultures. Go learn about their triumphs and their fatalities. Go with just a backpack.  Go eat foods you have never tried. Go question yourself and question the world. Go learn about what is important.  Go wake up early and hike a volcano. Go stay out late drinking beer and wine around a fire with the locals. Go take pictures. Go put the camera down and just take it in. Go sit in cafes and ponder a city. Go get a tattoo. Go meet people that will change your life. Go immerse yourself in nature. Go learn a language. Go challenge yourself and do something you never would think of. Go listen to stories. Go to museums. Go read everything. Go take a gamble on hostels and random floors. Go keep a journal and write everything. Go without a guidebook. Go make your own plan. Go educate yourself. Go take it all in.   And, if you’re like me. Go and fall in love.   Fall in love with cities. Fall in love with states. Fall in love with countries. Fall in love with people.   The world is yours. All you have to do is GO. And remember, home will always be waiting.   May you find nothing but happiness and adventure.   Viaje Seguro, Bailey B. P.S. Don’t forget an open mind, a full heart, a pocketknife, a box of matches, and Kleenex.

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ONLY 36% OF AMERICANS HAVE A PASSPORT.

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

NOTE: MORE AMERICANS WANT TO CONTACT ALIENS. (37%)

BUT NOT ALL OF THAT 36% ACTUALLY USE IT.

“I GOT IT IN CASE I NEEDED TO BRING MY

DAUGHTER’S BODY BACK

FROM BRAZIL.” !

-ANNE’S MOM

TRAVEL, BECAUSE IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT TRAVELERS?!

TRAVEL, BECAUSE

I WAS GOING TO PUT AN IMAGE HERE, BUT I LITERALLY CANNOT IMAGINE IT.

TITLE

BECAUSE

BELIEVE