33 Cities, 33 Life Lessons in 3 Years of around the world travel

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33 Life Lessons World
Travel Has Taught Me
33 Cities, 33 Life Lessons in 3 Years of around the world travel
By Javed Mohammed
2019
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2. Ibn Battuta: World Traveler
“I have indeed - praise be
to God - attained my
desire in this world, which
was to travel through the
earth, and I have attained
in this respect what no
other person has attained
to my knowledge.”

3. 33 Cities, 33 Life Lessons, 3 Years

4. 1. Just 2 Words, Excuse me and Thank you
in local language will get you quite far.

5. 2. Patience, Gratitude and a Smile are the
currency of travel and the universal language
of connection

6. 3. Plan and then be Spontaneous

7. 4. Take local transportation wherever
possible

8. 5. Street food can be amazing

9. 6. You are your cultural ambassador, put
your best foot forward

10. 7. Always thank those who feed,
transport, shelter, or show kindness to
you

11. 8. Walk wherever you can and have a
comfy pair of shoes

12. 9. Take nice pics but capture beautiful
moments with all your senses

13. 10. Be Fearless: The world continues to
run as inherently there are more good
people than bad

14. 11. Travel light, and always with
essentials like medicine

15. 12. Share, donate, buy and help locals
(Especially in poor countries)

16. 13. You can see any city in a day, but
your happiest memories will be the
people you meet

17. 14. It’s not the number of countries/cities
you visit! (Quality always beats quantity)

18. 15. Trust your Intuition especially for
danger

19. 16. The greatest journey is within

20. 17. World Peace is attainable but it will
be bottom up by citizens

21. 18. It’s really true the journey can be
more rewarding than the destination

22. 19. Give a little (of yourself) and Take a
little (Souvenir) too

23. 20. Every hardship is a challenge and
problem to solve and a prayer to offer

24. 21. Traveling is long bouts of boredom
sprinkled with twinkles of euphoria

25. 22. Every people and place have been
blessed with beauty

26. 23. In general the poorer the people the
more hospitable they are

27. 24. Not every country is blessed with a
cuisine but everyone has great food

28. 25. Travel is personal, research all you
want, talk to people, and then be free

29. 26. Be respectful of other cultures

30. 27. Unplug from Social Media

31. 28. We all need just the right amount of
money (too little or too much is stress)

32. 29. Body language can communicate
most human needs

33. 30. Travel as a student of culture

34. 31. Underneath all the national and
cultural baggage we all have the same
needs and wants

35. 32. Keep a travel journal and share your
experiences with the world

36. 33. You will find beauty and joy in the
small things

38. “Do they then not
travel through the
Earth, so that their
minds gain wisdom
and their ears thus
learn to hear?”
Holy Quran

39. 33 Cities, 33 Life Lessons, 3 Years
• In brief:
• I consider myself very fortunate and privileged to travel the world.
Much of it due to my work and the rest of my own volition. Thank you
God, my parents, my wife, my managers, Yee Lee, Maha Osman, Mike
Farnam, Jim Apfel, Stephen Chin, Martha Hess, Linda Bronson, and all
the wonderful people I have worked for/with as well as all the
beautiful people I have been served by or met in my travels.
• I have been around the world several times, but I am NOT the most
traveled person, there are people who have visited more countries,
cities, traveled more air miles than I ever will.
• I didn’t set out to be more learned, cultured but I did experience and
learn things along the way that I would like to share.
• No, I haven’t figured life and all that it entails out, but by meeting
people of both differing and similar beliefs and views to mine, I have
grown as a human being.
• Although most people travel for business or pleasure, to work or to be
entertained, the greatest gain is that of human connection.
• No nation or culture is the greatest in everything, each has been
blessed (and cursed) with the best and worst of everything life has to
offer and it up to us as human beings to aspire the best for our
common humanity.
• Peace and Salam (Javed Mohammed, CA, USA)

40. Resources
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