You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.
Interpretation
Traveling represents a journey into the unknown that fosters self-discovery and personal growth.
In this quote, Ella Maillart emphasizes that fear of the unknown can hinder one's ability to travel. However, the essence of travel lies in venturing into uncharted territories, which ultimately leads to self-revelation and a deeper understanding of oneself. Traveling challenges us to confront uncertainties, and through these experiences, we discover not just the world around us, but also important truths about our own character.
In practice
In a travel blog post discussing why people embark on adventures.
And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it's a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.
By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
Maybe that's the best part of going away for a vacation-coming home again.
Whereas the tourist generally hurries back home at the end of a few weeks or months, the traveler belonging no more to one place than to the next, moves slowly over periods of years, from one part of the earth to another. Indeed, he would have found it difficult to tell, among the many places he had lived, precisely where it was he had felt most at home.
Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.
Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life.
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