GirlGI | Girl Gone International Issue 7 | Page 81

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Would you ever consider raising a family in a
nomadic lifestyle?
I would not hesitate to let my kids take time off
school to travel because I was raised that way, and
the time spent with family and seeing the world
were extremely valuable to me. I would definitely
want my kids to see other parts of the world to keep
their minds as open as possible.

In what way do you think travel changed you
during your developmental years?

2.

Travel has taught me to be more open minded, and
to be appreciative of the things I have. People are
nice everywhere in the world and we all have the
same basic wants and needs. A world considered
to be wrought with hunger, despair, corruption and
danger turned out to be one full of love, family
values and respect. I learned that the less people
have, the more willing they are to share.

1. Not feeling too enthusiastic about being forced
to travel
2. Landscape Yangshuo, China
3. Growing up as a nomad, elephant skull, Ghana
4. Sitting with the family on a doorstep waiting for
transport out of Timbuktu, Mali
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