Why we Travel is a short essay written by British born Essayist, Pico Iyer. In essay, writer tells us about the benefits of travelling and what positive changes comes into our life by travelling. And Why travelling is important part of life ?
Why we Travel By Pico Iyer Summary
Summary of Whey we Travel By Pico Iyer
The writer say, when we travel we lost ourselves, we lost ourselves and find ourselves in traveling. We travel to open our heart and eyes. When we go to new places, it gives us new experience. We learn about people and get to experience different-different culture. We learn about those things of the world which newspaper can’t tell us. When we travel we leave our thinking, doubts and certainties behind.
We should travel with free mind by leaving our beliefs at home. You should forget your assumptions before traveling to new places. For example, I want to travel Delhi even though I have heard that there is huge traffic, pollution and crime in Delhi.
Even though I never went to Delhi I just made my assumptions on the basis of others people knowledge. So If you really want to enjoy the travel, you should go with free mind by leaving your assumptions at your home. And that is difference between tourist and traveler.
The writer say, there is a big difference between tourist and traveler. Tourists make their own assumptions before going to new places and when they travels, they complains a lot. Tourists complains like he doesn’t like the place, water or people.
Tourists just complains all the time and doesn’t enjoy their journey. On the other side, Traveler are the people who enjoy everything. They experience new things, and does not scare from new culture or people. Apart from this, when you travel, it reduces your stress immediately.
When we travel to foreign country it remove labels from us which our society put on us. When we travel we forget our past and future for some time. Through travelling, we reborn ourselves and returns to our young age. By travelling we can reverse our time. The days we spend in travelling is remembered for a long time. Travel gives you wisdom and make you smarter and kinder.
ABOUT AUTHOR : –
Pico Iyer is a British born essayist and novelist who is famous for his travel writing. Pico was born in 11 February 1957. And his real name is Siddhart Pico Raghaven Iyer. Pico’s famous work include Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk and The Global Soul.