humanity

If nothing else, travel opens your eyes to the colorful quilt that is humankind.

Campers are just diet hermits
For this story, we will call our hypothetical camper Joe. Joe Man. He's your average man. Works a 9 to 5 job, probably in accounting or something. He has a wife that he loves (even if she’s a nag) and two kids. A real "nuclear family" kind of guy.
By Casey Hutton6 years ago in Wander
HOME
It has been over a month now since I packed up, said my goodbyes, and left the home I have known since the young age of seven. In the months leading up to my departure, I felt tired of the monotony of daily life, frustrated and stressed with the hurdles that life had thrown my way, and I yearned for a change and relief. Of course, this was something I had spoken about for so long that it felt surreal when it finally happened. Many told me not to be too nervous about moving; they said I’d be back before I knew it. After all, I was living in paradise. But I assured them I would not be back soon, if ever. “I’ve done Hawaii, there’s so much more world out there!” I’d explain, confident about my decision. And yet, as I sit at my family’s house now, with foreseen uncertainty, but endless possibility ahead of me, I’m surprised by how much I’m now missing my former life.
By Lana6 years ago in Wander
Answers to deceivingly simple questions
"Where are you from?" and "What's your nationality?" are two of the most frequently asked questions I would get when meeting new people. The first question has become increasingly difficult to answer ever since I graduated from college; since I can no longer assume they meant to ask me where I was before I started college.
By Sarah Lauren6 years ago in Wander
Culture is an identity, not where you were born or what your nationality is
You don’t have to be biologically from more than one country to be multicultural. It is all about your identity, not what your race or nationality is. While I am 100% Finnish when it comes to my DNA, I feel part of at least three countries and cultures.
By Anna Forest6 years ago in Wander
Bali 2018
Have you ever been in such a shit place your spinning and spiralling has hurt the people you love most? This is a story about an earth quake. A serendipitous moment where the very earth we stand on was mirroring my destructive inner world.
By Brendon6 years ago in Wander
La Calima
Before la calima hit Las Palmas, I had only heard of it in passing conversations. “Excuse my cough. It’s because of la calima.”
By Hans Pohai Müller6 years ago in Wander
Depending on the Kindness of Strangers on a Train
The 7:30 p.m. Eurostar train from Rome to Milan was full, so I got a ticket for the next train. It wasn’t an express, but I thought, How bad could it be? I would have to wait a few hours in Rome’s Termini Station, and it would take another eight hours to get to Milan — but so what! Can’t stop me! I can do it. Yes, I CAN because I am AmeriCAN!
By Terianne Falcone6 years ago in Wander
An Improbable Guide to Survival cont.
Landing at Tambo airport was surreal in the sense that it was completely ordinary and yet my mindset instantly shifted on arrival – as if I was an Alien about to explore new terrain. All the anxiety I had been feeling had been building up to this moment. Strikingly opposed to the lack of physical preparation I’d conducted, I’d been mentally preparing myself for weeks. I could feel myself on edge. Observing more closely, more consciously, every movement that disturbed the air. I hate the feeling that I’m overreacting in any given situation – I might not always succeed but I like to at least try to keep a level head on my shoulders – but my instincts insisted, from all the information I had about staying safe in this country, that my awareness heightening ten to the dozen was necessary.
By Emily Dickinson6 years ago in Wander
An Improbable Guide to Survival
It’s so hard to say where this story began, or should begin. To explain why I would drop a stable/happy life for the unknown, I first have to explain why it wasn’t so stable/happy and that takes this story way back to New Year 2019. Maybe I don’t explain the why for now and just explain the what. What the hell is all this nonsensical rambling about?
By Emily Dickinson6 years ago in Wander
The Untold Truth.
Life seemed great! I was becoming accustomed to my surroundings. The heat, the humidity, the thrill of learning the culture. Knowing that everyday would be completely different from the last. Our life here was never dull.
By Kat Herbert6 years ago in Wander
Immigrant women
This is Megan McGinley - she is a SOLDIER of LOVE NOT a immigrant, but definitely one of strongest women I ever met // New York 2020
By Dani Ropi6 years ago in Wander
5 Reasons Why Travelling is Good for You
Life is constantly moving forward, and we try to follow the same custom. However, that’s not how things should be as Mother Nature created humans who require rest to function. Hence, overburdening and stacking up tasks for this delicate creation can never generate any positive outcome for anyone. So, what are the available options to counter this problem?
By Dennis Kemp6 years ago in Wander