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Originally Posted by blankall
I'm giong to be the stick in the mud here and say that the travelling after/during college thing is not all its talked up to be. I did some travelling after University, and quite frankly it wasn't a cultural experience. I did not find myself. I just partied and hung out with a lot of other back packers.
The travelling that I've done since then, has been a lot more cultural IMO. Even if only for 2-3 weeks at a time, I've taken more from it. Not only am I more mature now, but I've got the funds to visit local restaurants, museams, etc... where the actual culture occurs.
I've never worked abroad, which is something I regret. I think that would be a different scenario entirely than just backpacking.
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I agree that just backpacking and drinking isn't a very valuable cultural experience (though it can still be fun), but there's no reason that you have to travel like that even if you're staying in hostels and/or broke. Anyone can afford a trip to the market, some cheap meals in comfort food restaurants and a bunch of food from street vendors, and that will give you more culture than the museums and fine dining restaurants ever will. Just because some people don't get as much out of travelling (culturally speaking) as they could doesn't mean that travelling is overrated or that you need money to do it "right."