![]() ![]() You are aware of your travel companions, and of not being contrary to their desires/needs/schedules more often than necessary. You don’t change rooms three times, you’ll take an overnight bus if you must, you can go without meat in India and without vegan soy gluten-free tempeh butter in Bolivia, and you can shut the hell up about it. You are easygoing about sleeping/eating/comfort issues. ![]() You venture to the places where the tourists aren’t, in addition to hitting the “must-sees.” If you are exclusively visiting places where busloads of Chinese are following a woman with a flag and a bullhorn, you’re not doing it. ![]() Which, in my opinion, is the mark of a great trip. ![]() (How else are you going to get the volcano dust off?) You say yes because it is the only way to really experience another place, and let it change you. You say yes to whatever comes your way, whether it’s shots of a putrid-smelling yak-butter tea or an offer for an Albanian toe-licking. So, in short, my list of what makes a good traveler, which I recommend you use when interviewing your next potential trip partner: 1. And if there is one philanthropic deed that can come from this book, maybe it will be that I teach a few more people how to do it right. There is the right way to travel, and the wrong way. “I probably should say that this is what makes you a good traveler in my opinion, but deep down I really think this is just universal, incontrovertible truth. ![]()
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