Consequences of Traveling: Will you stop now?

Travelling is not as fun as others may have pointed out. BELIEVE ME.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding things in life, but it can also suck if you’re really not into it. I’m in my early twenties and I’ve been a backpacker for years. Travelling will let you experience a lot of new things and it will let you see a lot of breathtaking sceneries. But as you indulge yourself to these merits of travelling, you will also find yourself losing a lot more than you expected.

If you are still a traveler-wanna-be, then I suggest you stay that way. That is, of course, if you can’t face these consequences while travelling.

1. The lost of time and money

Time… Money! Two things that are considered valuable in a man’s life. And now, it’s the two things that you must give up when travelling.

Travelling is time consuming. You need to plan your itinerary. You need to research every bit of useful information. You need to sit for hours in a bus or any public transportation that won’t bring you any comfort. You need to purposely dedicate your time to travel to a place you are unsure of.

Travelling requires money. Being a backpacker may cost less than the usual but you still lose money regardless. The money you get from working your ass off every day and the money you save from denying yourself life’s luxury will all be spent in a journey that will bring you uncertain experiences. Not to mention the incurring of unforeseen travel expenses.

Practically speaking, it’s not worth it. You will spend all these time and money and will get physically nothing in return. Who would spend their money just to see the beaches in Mariveles, Bataan? Who would spend almost half of the day travelling just to experience the solitude in Tingloy Island, Batangas?

2. The tendency of getting lost

Screw the map, get wonderfully lost.

Sounds exciting, right?

Sounds like a beautiful adventure, right?

Yes?

NO. It’s not that great. You will experience staring in space after you got off the bus just because you don’t know where to go next. You will have to trust a complete stranger for directions event hough that stranger might be a criminal for all you know. You will experience talking to strangers that may pose threat to you just because you need to ask them the directions. You will also experience being stranded because it’s too early/late for public transportation. All the time…