“No place is ever as bad as they tell you it’s going to be.”  -Chuck Thompson

“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.”  -Aldous Huxley

Have you ever noticed that the most negative and worrisome information tends to come from negative and worrisome individuals who tend to watch too much TV and don’t travel enough, or at all?

I believe human nature is mostly good at heart.  I believe that like attracts like, and I believe things happen for a reason.  I also believe that everyone should take responsibility for their actions, research an area before you travel and ultimately go where you feel you should go and spread your wonderful human nature as far as you can.  I guarantee you’ll be rewarded many, many more times that not…so don’t put too much energy in the naysayers.  Will your experience be perfect?  No…trips are usually perfectly imperfect.  But in the end, you’ll have a life-changing experience, and most likely prove a large number of people wrong, while everyone else is jealous of your courage and sense of adventure, while being upset at themselves for being overcome with fear and negativity.

Go into the unknown and show the unworldly people how amazing the world is!