Travel is not a reasonable activity. It makes no 1 to squeeze (挤) yourself into a small seat to go to a distant place where you don't 2 the language or know the customs. All is at great 3 . If we 4 to do a cost-benefit analysis, we'd never go anywhere. Yet we do.
That's one reason why I'm 5 about travel's future. In fact, I'd argue travel is an essential activity, like books and hugs, which are food for the 6 . Right now, we're between courses, enjoying where we've been and anticipating where we'll go.
In our rush to 7 to the world, we should be mindful of the impact of mass 8 on the planet. Now is the time to accept the fundamental values of 9 tourism and let them guide our future 10 . Go off the beaten path. Stay longer in destinations. And 11 that the whole point of getting out there is to see the differences that make the world so 12 .
So go ahead and 13 that trip. It's good. Plotting a trip is 14 as enjoyable as actually taking one. Anticipation is its own reward. I've 15 first-hand the happiness of anticipatory travel. My wife, not usually a fan of travel photography , now spends hours on Instagram, staring longingly at photos of mountains and rice fields. "What's going on ?" I asked one day. "They're just absolutely amazing ," she replied. "They make me remember that there is a big, beautiful world out there."
