Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs to travel the world, how did it go?
I&#x27;d love to hear <i>concretely</i> what you guys who traveled actually gained from traveling the world? Because I always hear that it&#x27;s really exciting and you get to go to exciting places - but what exactly did you gain in terms of perspectives besides your instagram pictures and cocktail stories? I&#x27;ve never get beyond this superficial in hearing people&#x27;s travel stories online and IRL.<p>Maybe it&#x27;s just me; but the idea of going from one place to another for 2 weeks, to take pictures and get led around by locals tourist industry is the very definition of Western Consumerism. If you want to immersed into a culture, wouldn&#x27;t you want to commit to learning the language and go to your local city&#x27;s meetup for that language - instead of going to a foreign country with a phrasebook. If you want to dance, wouldn&#x27;t you want take a class for salsa, shuffle, tango at your local club instead of a single experience at a beach bar at some exotic locale. If you want to meet new people and break out of your comfort zone, wouldn&#x27;t you want to make friends locally where you can build up that friendship or relationship consistently by dinners, outings instead of a single chance encounter? Listening to live music at some exotic place vs. going to local musicians jams where you&#x27;re up on the stage playing, take instagram pictures of Prague vs. urban sketching your local city streetscape… I could keep going.<p>Maybe I&#x27;m wrong. Please tell me know what you&#x27;ve personally gained from traveling the world!