"We travel initially to lose ourselves; and we travel next to find ourselves .  We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world.  We travel to bring what little we can in our ignorance and knowledge to those parts of the globe where riches are differently dispersed.  And we travel in essence, to become young fools again - to slow time down and get taken in, and to fall in love once more.  

- Pico Iyer, Why We Travel