Why Travel Abroad, Anyway?
A Quick List of Reasons to Have a Passport
from the folks at Lonely Planet
www.lonelyplanet.com
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It gets you out of the country!
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It offers a history of your life (think of stamps on it!)
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It demonstrates your freedom and rights
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You become an ambassador of the US
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You're prepared for emergencies
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You can live a little!
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Traveling isn't as risky as the news wants you to believe.
(By the way, the US is ranked 27th in safest countries, right after Armenia. Most of Europe is included first!)
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What are you waiting for?
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It's easy!
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Traveling to most places is cheaper than in the US!
(Skiing in Slovakia is $10; visiting Cambodia's Angor Wat is $20; turtle-watching in Costa Rica is free)
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Escape
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Hide
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Improve sex appeal
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Be popular
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Get exercise and better healthy eating
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Builds resume
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Discover your roots
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Kids love it.
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Explore religions
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Meet your global neighbors
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Home stays abroad!
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Experience the unfamiliar
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Trains, planes, and rickshaws
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Learn new languages
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Experience the "Ewwww!" factor directly!
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LEARN
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See how others define freedom and liberty
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Extraordinary events
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All the Wonders of the World
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Discover the truth behind the rumors/propaganda
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Witness history
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Have a sense of adventure!
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Get active!
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Pursue your passions
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Discover your inner artist (try sketching instead of photographing)
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See Mother Nature close up
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Watch exotic wild wildlife
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Broadens your culinary tastes; try fufu
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Improve fashion sense
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Dance globally
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Go where the movie stars go
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Renew a love of home when you return
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Travel across a border for excitement
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Go around the world, literally
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Be bold!
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Discover difference, but also similarity
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Free your mind
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Write your own life story
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One trip is never enough
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Share the wealth; improve global economics
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Save the world
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Change your life
I can vouch for 49 of these directly! Guess which three I've missed.