1.7 why we Travel

1.6 why we Travel 

Ice-Breakers

A.1 Share your views on how travelling can be a hobby.

SOLUTION: 

             In my opinion, travelling can be a hobby if one considers it to be a source of inspiration. The new elements of different cultures that one encounters during one’s travels can help that person locate  his/her areas of interest. For example, if one likes the architecture of a particular place, he/she could travel to other places with similar architectural patterns and understand the reasons behind  such similarities. Likewise, travel can be a hobby if one is keen to explore the rich cultural backgrounds of a nation, thus enriching one’s knowledge about a country’s people, food, religious  practices, etc. Travel can be an opportunity to delve deeper into communities different from one’s  own, thus broadening a person’s outlook about different cultures. This is how travelling can be a  hobby.

A.2 Discuss in the class the benefits of travelling and complete the web.

SOLUTION: 

A.3 Make a list of your expectations when you travel to some new place:

1. Food should be delicious and available whenever hungry

2. ___________________

3. ___________________

4. ___________________

SOLUTION: 

1. Food should be delicious and available whenever hungry.

2. There should be new things to learn from the culture of that place.

3. The local people should be willing to help you with directions and other information, if needed.

4. The place should be safe to travel and stay.

A.4 Discuss in the class the various types of travels. Add your own to ones given below:

SOLUTION: 

                    Solo travel

                    Sightseeing travel

                    Education travel

                    Culinary travel

                    Business travel

                     Luxury travel

                      Group travel

                      Family travel

                    Travel with friends

                    Adventure travel

Read the first two paragraphs and discuss the need to travel.

SOLUTION: 

We travel firstly to lose ourselves and next, to find ourselves. We travel to take our ignorance or knowledge to the places which are of different economic statuses. We also travel to become young fools again. In the words of George Santayana, “We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard.” We need to travel in order to attain a better balance of wisdom or compassion and seeing the world clearly. Travelling also enables us to see everything in a new light.