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POWER OF TRAVEL

"Travel far enough, and you meet yourself"

Trevor Brown by Trevor Brown
April 14, 2023
in Istanbul Travel Blog, Read, The Other Tour
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To the bones, travel promotes peace. Travelers overcome boundaries, find similarities and appreciate differences because they directly experience the world and the people in it. Therefore, power of travel is immense and irreplacable.

Much of the hatred in the world today is generated by fear of the unknown. When we don’t travel, we are stuck in a world of concepts. We aren’t merely influenced by, but controlled by what we are told on T.V., in the newspapers and by our peers. For the most part this information is negative. Evening news, as the saying goes, is when they begin by saying “Good Evening” and then proceed to tell us why it isn’t. We hear stories of how many innocent people died because of a suicide bomber in the Middle East and all of the drug trafficking in Central America – but we aren’t told of the goodness in people around the world.

Visiting a unique neighborhood called Armutlu, overlooking the Bosphorus. It is one of the few poor neighboorhoods around Bosphorus – with an incredible backstory.

The result is that we fear the world. We see it as a chaotic, terrible place; one that we would never make it out of alive. We stay in our comfort zones, sit on our couches, shake our heads in disappointment and support acts of violence against all those ‘crazy’ people. Those crazy people and crazy places remain as untraveled worlds for our minds and souls. Wewant to visit them no more. And the power of travel slips through our fingers.

Leaving home often helps people to understand it much better.

— Jason Clampet

On the other hand, when we travel we take the time to directly experience the world for ourselves. This direct experience fosters respect and understanding. As understanding replaces fear, violence dissipates and peace prevails. Even if we don’t begin our journey with an open mind, we inevitably end with an open mind. And that realization, that drastic change in perspective, that changes the world. That truly is the power of travel…

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” -Mark Twain

This idea of direct experience is what we pursue with The Other Tour.  We want our participants to interact face-to-face with the locals. As travelers, we all must remember that we are ambassadors for our country. If we treat those that we meet with respect, if we display our willingness to learn from them, they will respect us in return. This respect is possible even if we don’t speak the same language.

So if you like and ever make it around, come join our tours, be part of our community, and help us take the necessary steps towards achieving that goal.

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  1. Brenda says:
    10 years ago

    My husband and I will be in Istanbul in September. We find The Other Tour offers the “under the skin” look that we often try to accomplish when we travel. That said, we are in our 70’s and are not accustomed to walking for 14 hours, nor am I a fast walker. What do you think? Would we be able to keep up with this tour

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    • Fethi Karatas says:
      10 years ago

      Hey Brenda,
      Thanks so much for your interest and comment. We have had hundreds of people in their 70’s loving the tour! I bet you’d love it too. And yes, you would be able to keep up. Can you please send an email to [email protected] if you want to make a reservation.

      Best,
      Fethi Karatas

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  2. milenskoye says:
    8 years ago

    Couldnt agree more with this post!
    “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert

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