Thanks, Mike. Indeed, it’s all about the people.

I’ve always mimicked your opinion/perception on travel. I always tell people that don’t travel much to take pictures of not only the landscapes but also the people they meet while on the road. Those pictures (of those people you met) will bring back so many more memories then any landscape will…for sure! .

Thanks, Monika. Absolutely agreed: sometimes — often times — we are faced with views of the world that we are not trained to accept and that are orthogonal to all of our experience to that point.

To my mind, this is not only what travel blogging is about, this is what travel is about. And in my experience, it’s what life is about. Which reminds me of a recent article I wrote in attempt to unpack the connection between travel, life and lifelong learning called Travel Is the Classroom.

Sometimes you have to be open to views that you are trained not to accept. But if you look deeper you may be surprised about the answers you get. Having traveled so far and to so many different countries and cultures in my life I realize that the world in which you have been raised is not the only one. There are so many others out there, waiting to be discovered. And waiting to be disclosed to our readers.

This is, what travel blogging should be about, isn’t it?

Thanks, Franca. We’ve had great experiences with CouchSurfing as well. In any event, whether or not we are staying with them in their homes, people are critical to the travel (and life) experience.

Thanks, Abhishek, for your kind comment. Although many travel pieces and photography focus on the “top sites” it’s the people that are at the core of a what make our travel experiences enriching and full of memories.