11 great things from go backpacking

Going backpacking, in many different ways, becoming the trend of some youngster. Some student even spent all year after graduating to go backpacking. They said that year is gap-year. Even, many people have given up job to go around the world. What the benefit of this activity? Why they interested a lot such? Now let’s analyze and clarify what great things from it!

1. HAVE A LOT MORE experienced, more intelligent.

The great men have the common that they always “moving” both physically and mentally. Buddha, Jesus,  Che Guevara…They used to leave their safe zone, come to new lands. Where they learned a lot of things as history, geography, architecture, language…That’s all of the realistic experience, not any book else can impart. Maybe, you would not be rich in economically,  but certainly, you will get a lot of knowledge every day. As Augustine once said: The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”

2. Have good communication skills, more friendly

When come to the new lands, you communicate with natives to find out historical, cultural. After each talking, you will have the communication skills better. Communicate to strangers make you more open and friendly to those around.

In addition, going backpacking is one of the best ways to learn the foreign language.

3. Make you more attractive

Living at one stranger city, eating the stranger dishes, discovering the much attractive place, playing on the beaches as beautiful as the wonderland, meeting some new friends, talking about the experiences in a far-off country. All these things will make you more attractive in the eyes of friends.

4. More self-confident

When you’re openness, friendly and attractive. Certainly, the level of yourself confidence would be improved a lot.

5. Have more friends.

Going backpacking, you will have a chance to get acquainted with new friends. They could be the backpackers like you, could be natives. Don’t need to know who are they, having more friends especially who having same hobbies. It’s really great, right?

6. Would be stronger, more independent

Traveling in the tour you will less realize this thing, everything was travel company provided. You will not care anything, just spend money, take the backpack up and go. In the case of go solo backpacking, you must self-prepare from little things as: buy ticket, booking, find locations, hire means…

May you will encounter the unexpected situation as miss the train, could not book room, get lost on the way… However, at that time, you will realize how strong you are. Certainly, after the trips such, you will be more independent a lot.

7. Knowing yourself

In the example above. Going backpacking make you explore the potentialities hidden in yourself. Set a specific goal and conquer it. You will realize yourself can make a lot of things which previously it seems hard to do –  cannot. You will realize previously yourself lacks a little determination and reckless.

8. Would be more happiness

When leaving the nest – leave the safe zone. You’ll have had the time to think and review how the life going on? Successes, pleasure, happiness and even sadness… all it would become much easier.

Each the strange land, scenery, new friends… it will make your life became more fresh. Going backpacking teaches you the way to find out happiness in simple things

“Happiness is a journey, not a destination.” – Che Guevara

9. Love your homeland more

Samuel Jonhson once said:  “All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.”

Indeed! Only when you go backpacking and travel, you find how the beautiful of your country and certainly not only proud, you will love your homeland more.

10. You will love your family more

On each trip, you will miss your relatives more. Only when you go far away, you understand how important they are. Sometimes, seeing they daily often makes you forgot how important they are.

11. Change yourself in a positive way.

Intelligent, confidence, attractive, strong, independent, happiness, loves family, loves homeland…Isn’t going backpacking had change yourself completely?

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