{"id":2100,"date":"2014-11-12T12:45:35","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T12:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hostelworld.com\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2014-11-12T12:45:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T12:45:35","slug":"13-reasons-travelling-ruins-you-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/13-reasons-travelling-ruins-you-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Reasons Travelling Ruins You for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Oh, world, the things you do to me\u2026\u00a0Here&#8217;s a list of the unfair things travelling does to you so you can never go home again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>1. Because this is what your commute looks like&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2102 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2_Travel-ruin-plane-wing.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: plane wing\" width=\"535\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&#8230;Or this&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2103 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/3_Travel-ruin-train-window.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: train window\" width=\"535\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Goldenpass,\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Book hostels in Switzerland\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/Switzerland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><em>Switzerland<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&#8230;rather than this&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2104 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/4_Travel-ruin-commute.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: commute\" width=\"535\" height=\"367\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>2. Because now you&#8217;re trying to get to here&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2105 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/5_Travel-Ruin-Sydney-Opera-House.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: Sydney Opera House\" width=\"535\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Sydney Opera House,\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Book hostels in Sydney\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/Sydney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><em>Australia<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&#8230;or here&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2106 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/6_Travel-Ruin-Taj-Mahal.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: Taj Mahal\" width=\"535\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Taj Mahal,\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Book hostels in India\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/findabed.php\/ChosenCity.Agra\/ChosenCountry.India\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><em>India<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&#8230;rather than here&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2108 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/7_Travel-Ruin-Office-Space-boring.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: Office Space\" width=\"535\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>3. Because when you write, you&#8217;re not writing reports or essays&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2107 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/8_Travel-Ruin-Reports.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: Reports\" width=\"535\" height=\"344\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&#8230;but about every single incredible thing you&#8217;ve seen, be that for yourself&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2109 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/9_Travel-ruin-Amsterdam.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: Amsterdam\" width=\"535\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Amsterdam,\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Book hostels in Amsterdam\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/Amsterdam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><em>The Netherlands<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&#8230;or for the world to read&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2110 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/10_Travel-ruin-on-the-danube-view.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: on the danube view\" width=\"535\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Melk on the Danube,\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Book hostels in Melk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/findabed.php\/ChosenCity.Melk\/ChosenCountry.Austria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><em>Austria<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>4. Because while you might be able to get delicious dishes from around the world at home, nothing beats the real thing&#8230; \u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2130 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11_Travel-Ruin-Pho1.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: Pho\" width=\"535\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Pho in\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Book hostels in Vietnam\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/Vietnam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><em>Vietnam<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&#8230;eaten where and how it&#8217;s supposed to be eaten.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2112 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12_Liouho-Night-Market-Kaohsiung.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: Liouho Night Market Kaohsiung\" width=\"535\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Hawker Market,\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Book hostels in Taiwan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/Taiwan-China\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><em>Taiwan<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>5. Because just for a while, life&#8217;s trivial problems vanish.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2113 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/13_Travel-Ruin-Life-problems-1.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: enjoying the view\" width=\"535\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">(Routine, loans, banks, houses, that new TV, having kids, settling down, bleurgh, whose narrative is that anyway?)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2114 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/14_Travel-Ruin-Life-problems2.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: on a rock\" width=\"535\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"Book hostels in Thailand\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/Thailand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><em>Thailand<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>6. And because of that, you don&#8217;t have to live solely for the weekend&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2115 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/15_Travel-Ruin-party.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: on the beach\" width=\"535\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8230;every party is about living for the moment, not erasing the week&#8217;s ever mounting stresses.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>7. Because people on the road are way more relaxed&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2116 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/16_Travel-ruin-friends.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: friends\" width=\"535\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8230;and so you make more of the best friends you&#8217;re ever going to meet in one short spate than you do in a lifetime.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>8. Because you experience hundreds of different cultures, first hand, and meet people from all over the world.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2117 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/17_Travel-Ruin-culture.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: culture\" width=\"535\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"Book hostels in Nepal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/Nepal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><em>Nepal<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">(And the same old at home gives you itchy feet)<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>9. And because travel opens your mind, you&#8217;ll never believe all the fear mongering rubbish the papers tell you at home&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2118 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/18_Travel-ruin-Daily-Fail.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: Daily Fail\" width=\"535\" height=\"573\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">(Oh no, how are you supposed to function in society now?)<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>10.\u00a0Because keeping fit involves doing this&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2119 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/19_Travel-ruin-climb.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: climb\" width=\"535\" height=\"354\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Raleigh Beach,\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Book hostels in Krabi\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/findabed.php\/ChosenCity.Krabi\/ChosenCountry.Thailand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><em>Thailand<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&#8230;or this&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2121 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20_Travel-ruin-excercise-scuba.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: excercise scuba\" width=\"535\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Great Barrier Reef,\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Book hostels in Cairns\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/Cairns\/Australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><em>Australia<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&#8230;or this&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2120 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/21_Travel-ruin-surfing.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: surfing\" width=\"535\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&#8230;rather than this&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2122 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/22_Travel-Ruin-Treadmill.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: Treadmill\" width=\"535\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>11. Because now you can actually read all those books you&#8217;ve ever wanted to, and you read them here&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2124 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/23_Travel-ruin-book.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: book\" width=\"535\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>12. In fact, the whole beach thing&#8230; you&#8217;re here a lot.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2125 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/24_Travel-ruin-beach1.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: beautiful beach\" width=\"535\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">(And why not? Who said life has to be a sprint to the finish)<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>13. And because time travelled is never time wasted, and you won&#8217;t return in a panic&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2126 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/25_Travel-ruin-serenity.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: serenity\" width=\"535\" height=\"446\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8230;even if you are forced back on the tredmill with everyone else, you&#8217;ll live life with a certain serenity&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&#8230;because life is an adventure and you have no regrets, other than maybe not getting out there a bit more&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2127 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/26_Travel-ruin-adventure.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: adventure\" width=\"535\" height=\"301\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&#8230;but whatever, there&#8217;s still time&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2128 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/27_Travel-ruin-plane-again.jpg\" alt=\"Travelling: plane\" width=\"535\" height=\"470\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Oh, and this time, I&#8217;m never ever coming home&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Feeling inspired? Book accommodation for your own round the world trip with\u00a0<a title=\"Book with Hostelworld\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\">Hostelworld<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>What was it about travelling that left that irremovable mark on you? Share your stories in the comments&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pfig\/392083457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"post links\">Pedro Figueiredo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fabola\/15000218898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"post links\">Fabrice Florin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/joiseyshowaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"post links\">joiseyshowaa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paleontour\/2543898469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"post links\">Paleontour<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mariachily\/3383627952\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"post links\">Maria Ly<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/healthgauge\/10062450585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"post links\">Health Gauge<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lwy\/2498786282\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"post links\">LWYang<\/a> for the most excellent pictures off Flickr. 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