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Originally Posted by amduk  What is anyone else's experience of travelling, leaving the bubble you grew up in and how it changed you? |
Welcome to the boards, amduk.
To your point: I took a solitary around-the-world trip many years ago after a heart-wrenching separation and divorce. (Divorce: n. Latin for "ripping a man's heart out through his wallet")
I came back months later a changed man.
I left as politically conservative, I returned as liberal.
I left as broken. I returned as whole.
I left as virtually penniless. OK, so I returned penniless too...
I left believing that nobody would ever want me as a man, lover, even husband. I returned to find an abundance of beautiful, desirable women.
I left knowing, or caring, little about what happened beyond borders. I returned with a newfound respect for a wide array of cultures.
I left not knowing what to do with the rest of my life. I returned with the same question, but came back with newfound vigor.
I left fearful. I returned confident.
Got laid, too.