DO.....

Sincerely Smile

Get lost and let people, experiences, sights, and nature guide your way

Learn basic phrases of the language

Utilize your intelligence rather than ignorance

Blend in rather than stand out

Expect the unexpected

Come back home with a list of new Local friends


Follow your intuition

Set your eyes on a person rather than a screen

Let go of AC and tourist buses for locals and chickens

Get in touch with your spiritual side-it’s there

Put the camera down

Listen-yes just listen

Homestays with local families

Eat food from the local guy rather than Trip advisor tourists taste

Think like an entrepreneur (countries need you!)

Sing English songs through parks, streets, markets-fun and entertaining for locals

Open up your heart, but not your pockets

Soak in each and every second of the travel experience

Teach English in a foreign country

Explore markets inside and out

Give praise and reward when people are doing a good job

Be sad it’s over, but ready to do it all over again

 

DO NOT................

Listen or believe everything you hear

Rely on tours as your only dose of cultural interaction

Walk through a fantastic museum in ten minutes

Constantly compare a country to your own

Only speak to a local when you need something

Rely on alcohol to enjoy a culture

Take traveling for granted

Associate poverty with stupidity

Take photos with street children

Hide within an entourage of tourists

Act superior

Hike a mountain with flip flops

Abuse the hotel WIFI

Let homesickness ruin your trip

Flash your money and expensive gadgets

Eat pizza, fish n chips, and beer everyday

Allow fear to take over opportunities to interact, learn, share, assist, and inspire

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