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While you’re young, you should travel. You should take the time to see the world and taste the fullness of life. Spend an afternoon sitting in front of the Michelangelo. Walk the streets of Paris. Climb Kilimanjaro. Hike the Appalachian trail. See the Great Wall of China. Get your heart broken by the “killing fields” of Cambodia. Swim through the Great Barrier Reef. These are the moments that define the rest of your life; they’re the experiences that stick with you forever.

Traveling will change you like little else can. It will put you in places that will force you to care for issues that are bigger than you. You will begin to understand that the world is both very large and very small. You will have a newfound respect for pain and suffering, having seen that two-thirds of humanity struggle to simply get a meal each day.

While you’re still young, get cultured. Get to know the world and the magnificent people that fill it. The world is a stunning place, full of outstanding works of art. See it.

You won’t always be young. And life won’t always be just about you. So travel, young person. Experience the world for all it’s worth. Become a person of culture, adventure, and compassion. While you still can.

Do not squander this time. You will never have it again. You have a crucial opportunity to invest in the next season of your life now. Whatever you sow, you will eventually reap. The habits you form in this season will stick with you for the rest of your life. So choose those habits wisely.

And if you’re not as young as you’d like (few of us are), travel anyway. It may not be easy or practical, but it’s worth it. Traveling allows you to feel more connected to your fellow human beings in a deep and lasting way, like little else can. In other words, it makes you more human. Jeff Goins

We found this article and it really talked to us. For more than two years ago we started talking about doing a trip to Australia, and here we are now and have been backpacking for 6 months. It was not an easy choice to make, we were unsure what decision to take. Eighter to travell or start to study. At home u where stressed becuase u were feeling pushed to get a career and it didn't feel like u got the time to figure out what u wanted to do with your life.

After 6 months in Australia we have learnt a lot from our misstakes and but also more importantly our success. It's a big difference in lifestyles from a life at home - to be backpacking on the other side of the world. During your whole life your parents have been giving u guidens through the years, they have taught u what's wrong and right. Now we are living a life on our own and we have to figure out by ourselves what decisions to choose.
At home your parents cook you dinner, do your laundry and drive you to your activities. Here no one can help u. Sometimes it feels as if we are still waiting for our parents to come and help us out. It can take up to one week walking around in dirty cloth for us to realize that our parents aren't gonna come.

This trip will help us grow up as independent individuals and it's the journey of our life. We met so much people and friends that we learn a lot from. As a backpacker you teach and learn from each other experiences. You make new contacts just by walking up the street, while at home it usally takes a long time to bound a relationship.

A lot of young people dream of travling but never take the step beacuse they are afraid to leave their friends, family and life back home. Don't hesitate everything will remain!


So Linnea... who does the laundry today?


From Johanna and Linnea