Randerolf

I'm an American currently in the PRC and I too believe in the importance in travel. Though the of perceptions of other nations are shaped by the media, international perceptions depend on one-to-one exchange more than any type of government action of goodwill or insult. Thus, the importance of traveling and really getting to know and be known.

The chipping away of provincial mindsets and solipsism is a beautiful process. Have you been to Peru? I thought about going to Latin America to learn more Spanish, but decided that the future is here in the middle kingdom despite only knowing a phrase or two.

How am I paying for it? I worked my way through school and saved up my own money for travel. Now, I'm working while in Beijing.

Sadly, not everyone can afford travel and I don't mean in the monetary amount; they have entanglements at home like debts, jobs, obligations, and families. The cost of travel, for them, is just too high despite its benefits.