Nobody warned me about this part. When I envisioned my trip, I imagined exciting adventures, exotic locales, a jet-set lifestyle. I never thought grief and doubt would climb into my backpack and come with me. I pictured standing at the top of the Sun Gate, looking down at Machu Picchu, without ever thinking about the steps it would take to get there. This is the curse of wanderlust, when the postcard image becomes a brutal reality.Maggie Downs
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.Hellen Keller
To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.Bill Bryson
Own only what you can always carry with you: known languages, known countries, known people. Let your memory be your travel bag.Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Everything you own must be able to fit inside one suitcase; then your mind might be free.Charles Bukowski
