Travel and Photography | Life is a Journey, Not a Destination

© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Sunrise at Sarangkot | Pokhara | Nepal | Annapurna Range

“To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other and to feel. That is the purpose of life.”

– LIFE Magazine Motto –

Traveling means different things to different people, yes, when talking about traveling, we always have a destination to go. We cannot just step out of our home and just go out aimlessly. We cannot buy a flight ticket to nowhere but we must buy a flight tickets to some destination, a specific destination. a country, a city.

But the real joy of traveling is not when we get into the destination, the real joy of traveling is along the way, is the journey itself. During traveling we may encounter a lot of problems, a hiccups that will hinder our journey but the experience gains from all of the obstacle that we face along the journey is what makes traveling meaningful.

We can always admire the breathtaking Himalayas from the comfort of our home in front of our computer screen. We can view the Himalayan peaks from thousand of angles just by clicking the mouse but it will never be the same as being there in presence, only then you will know how massive the mountain is.

Yes, it’s true that some people are lucky, not many people can travel or have the time and money but if traveling the world becomes one of our priority in life, we will always can find the way. When there’s a will, there is a way, some people said. If you really wanted to see the world full heatedly, you will always find the way.

Some people live in a half million MYR Malaysian Ringgit house but they rarely travel, some people drive RM 200K cars but they rarely travel, while some people who lives less than what they have, travel a lot. Like I said, it’s all about priority. Those people who have everything but did not travel, doing so because traveling is never their priority in life, maybe.

You may agree or disagree, while some of you may try to find another reason for not to travel, I will find a way on how I can keeps on traveling the world. I may not have a lot of money right now, but I will work on it. People will always says that, money is a factor, while if you know that the money is the main problem, then what are you going to do about it, hoping that the money will falls from the sky? Work harder, work smarter, do some business, use your knowledge to get some money. If people living up higher on the mountains, far away from the modern city, knew how to get their foods, I believe we can do a lot more.