背上行囊现在出发：环游世界的9大理由

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain

马克·吐温：从现在开始的二十多年中，比起那些已经做过的，你会越来越后悔那些你没有做过的事情。请解开系紧的船缆，驶离安全的港湾，扬帆远航吧。去探索，去梦想，去发现！

1. You will grow as a person

你将成长为一个独立的人

When you travel the world, you have the opportunity to experience different cultures and meet new people. It is inevitable that through these experiences you will learn a lot about yourself. Who you are as a person and what you want out of life might very well change.

当你周游世界时，你就有机会体验不同的文化并结识新朋友。通过这些经历，你自然而然就会更加深刻地了解自己。你就会更清楚自己是个什么样的人，你对生活的期望也很可能会改变。

2. Freedom

自由

You will enjoy a much greater sense of freedom when no one is able to tell you what to do. You are the boss. You decide where you want to go, what you want to do and how long you want to stay.

当没有人能告诉你该怎么做，你将更多地感受自由。你就是老板。你决定要去的地方，决定要做什么，决定要待多久。

3. Simplicity

返璞归真

You will discover how much better life can be when you live it simply. No phone, email, TV, job, schedule, bills to pay; just you, your surroundings and your mind. Perfection.

你会发现简朴生活才是更好的生活。没有电话、电子邮件、电视，没有工作、形成、账单；只有你自己，你周围的环境和你的心灵。多么完美。

4. Food, Glorious Food

丰盛美食

You will have the chance to taste food from all corners of the globe. Do you like eating Chinese, Thai or Indian food? You will enjoy the food even more when you eat it from the place it originated.

你将有机会品尝到世界上每个角落的食物。你喜欢吃中国菜，泰国菜还是印度菜？当你在这些美食的家乡就餐时，那肯定是另一番享受。

5. Meet New People

结识新朋友

You will have the chance to meet new people when you travel; some interesting, some boring, and some downright crazy. Everyone has a story to tell, chances are that it will be worth listening to.

旅行中一定有机会结识新朋友；有些有趣，有些很闷，有些简直不可理喻。每个人都有自己的故事，很可能有些故事还真值得一听。

6. Nature

大自然

Instead of looking out your office window to see a hundred skyscrapers staring back at you, you will get the chance to see the world in all its natural beauty. See the deserts of Africa or the jungles of the Amazon with your own eyes instead of looking at a still image in a book.

你将有机会看到世界是多么自然美丽，而不只是透过办公室窗口看到与你面面相觑的上百座摩天大楼。亲眼看一看非洲的沙漠或亚马逊丛林，那不是书本上的呆板图片比得上的。

7. Become Street Smart

学会见机行事

You might already be book smart but add street smart to your persona then there’s no stopping you; it’s a killer combination. Travelling teaches you many of life’s lessons and you will gain pearls of wisdom along your journey; from being able to barter, to knowing when you are trying to be conned, there are many things new places can teach you.

你可能很会读书，但要是再能有一些生存智慧，那就是完美的组合，你将无往不胜。旅行会教给你生活中的许多经验教训，你一边旅行一边采集智慧之珠；从讨价还价到不受人蒙骗，每到一个新地方，你必然会有新斩获。

8. You only live once

人生只有一次

We all get a limited amount of time on this Earth, and no one knows when it will come to an end (sorry, to be such a downer). Do you really want to stay in the same town or city your whole life, without meeting new people, tasting new foods and seeing and experiencing life as others do?

我们在这个地球上都只待有限的时间，没有人知道什么时候会结束（对不起，这样说太唐突）。你真的想一生都待在同一城市或城镇，而不是像别人那样去结识新朋友、品尝新食物，去领悟和体验生活吗？

9. Coming Home

回家真好

After travelling round the world, there is nothing quite like the feeling of walking through your front door, dropping your bags on the floor, and going upstairs to sleep in your warm, comfortable bed for a day or two. As much fun as travelling can be, everyone needs a place they can call home.

环游世界后，还有什么比回家更爽的事情：径直走过前门，将行李往地板上一扔，上楼一头扎进你那温暖舒适的床上睡它一两天。尽管旅游充满乐趣，但每个人都需要一个他们称之为家的地方。