Why travel matters : a guide to the life-changing effects of travel

Why Travel Matters explores the profound life lessons that await anyone who wishes to learn what travel has to teach. With engaging prose, delightful wit and a distinctive style, Craig Storti infuses his own experiences traveling the world for 30+ years with quotations, insights, reflections and commentary from famous travelers, great travel writers, historians and literary masters. Storti's vast knowledge of the literature makes him an expert curator of astute gems from the likes of: St. Augustine, Mark Twain, Somerset Maugham, D.H. Lawrence, Bruce Chatwin, Aldous Huxley and more.;Prologue: A murder in Loughborough -- Why travel matters -- A new place -- New people -- A new world -- How to travel -- Epilogue: Our insane restlessness. When You Travel, You Have A Choice: You Can Be A Tourist And Have A Nice Time, Or You Can Be A Traveller - And Change Your Life. Most People Who Travel Want To Get Something Out Of The Experience. They Want To Grow And Be Changed. Whether Travelling For Pleasure Or Work, On A Trip Of A Lifetime, Gap Year Or A Short Break Away, Why Travel Matters Will Help You Broaden Your Mind And Bring Back A Different Self From The One Who Set Out. Using The Wisdom Of Great Travellers Such As Paul Theroux, Freya Stark, George Orwell, Alexander Pope And Paul Bowles, Plus The Knowledge Won During His Years As An Intercultural Educator, Craig Storti Lays Out The Ways We Can Approach Travel For It To Make A True Impact. Covering The Lessons We Can Learn From New Approaches To Daily Life, The Impact Of Environment And The Ways We Relate To Ourselves, Why Travel Matters Is A Deeply Practical Guide To The Transformational Power Of Travel. When you travel, you have a choice: You can be a tourist and have a nice time, or you can be a traveler and change your life. Why Travel Matters is for those who want to change their lives. Why Travel Matters explores the profound life lessons that await anyone who wishes to learn what travel has to teach. With engaging prose, delightful wit and a distinctive style, Craig Storti infuses his own experiences traveling the world for 30-plus years with quotations, insights, reflections and commentary from famous travelers, great travel writers, historians and literary masters. Storti's vast knowledge of the literature makes him an expert curator of astute gems from the likes of St. Augustine, Mark Twain, Somerset Maugham, D. H. Lawrence, Bruce Chatwin, Aldous Huxley and more.