The other part of the eco-montra is to "take
nothing with you", but you can still take…
YOU were there to experience this one event in
your own unique way.
1) Excitement, enthusiasm and a sense of
wonderment by visiting a new destination.
8) Another country. For those countrycounters out there, you know that every country
has its own unique characteristics. It is not just
another number… or another country on a
particular continent. It is not a faceless
destination but it is actually someone’s home.
Travel is a declaration against generalizing and
stereotyping and should always be a
celebration of the diversity of the planet.
2) Understanding and tolerance of different
traditions, customs and ways of thinking.
3) Knowledge of culture, history and local
dress, plus festivals, music and food.
4) Memorable smiles and photographs
The view from the Castle, Cesky Krumlov, The Czech Republic
5) The flavour of the country—smells and
tastes, indigenous to that society
6) A new friend. All of a sudden the country is
not a place-name somewhere on the other side
of the globe—it is a friend you once visited. This
is what makes the world 'smaller' and creates
the vision of a global community
7) A unique experience: Ponder that when
you see something, whether it is sunrise on a
mountain top, or a butterfly in a jungle or forest,
or a child’s smile, or the profound thought that
out of the 6 billion people on the earth—only
9) What you take with you is a feeling that even
if it is your first-ever country visited, you have
made a positive advance toward being a global
citizen.
10) What you take with you? A sense that
while our planet may be lonely in the context of
being the only one that supports life (that we
know of) in our galaxy, the planet is anything
but, a sad, disconsolate place. It is a thriving,
boisterous cacophony of life—and it is there for
you to fulfill your dreams of discovery.