The Purpose

“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.”
― G.K. Chesterton

This quote was the inspiration for the title of this blog, In Pursuit of the Traveler. “The traveler” is someone who does not just visit a country for a short period of time and have a surface level experience. A true traveler is someone who lives in another country for an extended period of time and truly engages with the people and culture. They are socially responsible and culturally respectful in all of their actions and are always intellectually curious through truly trying to learn and understand. They also have no negative impact on the country. “The traveler” is an ideal, but is not something that can ever truly be reached, though that should not stop people from trying. This blog is about pursuing that ideal and trying to be as close to a true traveler as possible, thus In Pursuit of the Traveler.