We’ve all been there. Being such in a hurry to visit as many places as we can. To get as much passport stamps as we can. It’s not bad to visit all as many countries as you can in one go. But you know what’s bad and is not doing any good in the long run?? It’s when you visit as many countries as you can in a few days!
Not only that it’s not advisable, you’re also not getting the point of learning in traveling. Why do we travel anyway? Is it for leisure? Is it for business? Not unless you travel for passport stamps then I’m sure you’re not achieving your goal in traveling when you do this practice.
Of course, who doesn’t want to have lots of passport stamps? I myself gets giddy just by imagining my passport full colorful stamps. But the things is, is passport stamps more important than the travel itself? Pardon me but it always gets on my nerves to see posts in Facebook telling stories on how they manage to see a number of countries in just a few days. Really?
It makes me think you’re just wasting time and more importantly, money! Time is currency too, JSYK. Just because you get to see all these places and countries in one go doesn’t mean you were able to experience the place to the fullest. It’s true, you could be saving airfare budget but I don’t think it still makes it up for all the beautiful places you should have visited if it weren’t for your tight itinerary.
I saw one post boasting to go to 7 countries in 15 days. Oh my gosh, girl. I dunno how you did it. Do you have any superhuman strengths because just by reading, I can already feel how tiring of a trip it was! No time to just sit and admire the view, it seems like they are always catching up on time. Catching flights and trains. I can’t imagine myself doing this kind of practice.
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You know why this isn’t advisable?**
- You’re missing a whole lot of adventure and beautiful places - Let’s say for an instance you go to a certain city, isn’t it more ideal to roam around the city, then go somewhere near outside the city, then just chill in a nearby cafe and observe the locals? Just by roaming around the city can take up to a minimum of 1 full day. Then you would go to a place outside the city then just chill. I’m pretty sure outside the city, there are more places you can discover so why not visit it since you’re already near the area? Kuala Lumpur for an instance. Why not visit Malacca and Genting Highlands as well? That’s outside city but I’m sure you will enjoy it too.
And because you’re time is limited, you might also not be able to see some of the places in your crafted itinerary because you ran out of time. Unforeseen delays are the worst but even if we want to, we can’t control it. Please, just enjoy everything while you’re there.
- It is veryyyy tiring! - I can only imagine how fast paced travel this kind of itinerary is! Not mentioning if you’re traveling in Southeast Asia, main transportation for border crossing are overnight trains and buses. If you will do this kind fast paced travel, you won’t be able to get a good night sleep! You’ll be sleeping in late and waking up early in the morning. Then you have to walk and see everything in a short period of time so you’re always catching up on time.
You won’t probably be able to get a good meal. Remember, food is important too while traveling. This is actually one of my favorite parts of traveling because I get to taste authentic local food.
- You will never have the chance to admire the place - with this kind traveling, I’m pretty sure you will not appreciate the country you’re traveling in as you will only be focusing on taking photos very fast without actually admiring the real thing. Isn’t it sad that there’s this amazing view in front of you and yet you can’t simply enjoy it because you might be behind on your itinerary? It sucks.
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Sure, I’ve done traveling and seeing 3 countries in one go but I made sure that the itinerary won’t burnt us up. I also made sure we can explore each country very well. Take Laos as an example, as this was my first time there. I allot 2 days in Luang Prabang and 1 day in Vientiane and yet there’s still a lot to learn about this country.
As an alternate in seeing different countries in one go, why not just explore a country’s most known cities? or it’s provinces maybe? Say for instance you’re in Thailand, instead of seeing Bangkok then going straight to Vietnam, why not visit Chiang Mai and Ayutthaya as well? After all, it’s just a train/bus ride away? Why not watch a cultural show and explore the hidden streets?
Well, it is still up to the person on how they will travel, after all, it’s their money they’re spending. What I just want to probably iterate is that traveling is meant to be enjoyed and indulged into. It’s a learning experience. Don’t go to a place just for the sake of telling everyone you already went there. Traveling isn’t a race on whom among travelers already went to certain places. Travelers aren’t ranked on how many countries they already visited.
Travelers get fulfillment if they fully immerse their selves in the culture and food or if they learned a thing or two about the locals and the history. Once again, just enjoy the journey and admire the view.
This is just my opinion though. Do we share same thoughts? Leave in the comments below! :)
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