Traveling Case

Absorption

Traveling is a great way to experience other cultures that contrast significantly in different aspects. Traveling is often times used to escape the various stressors and pressures people face, but it is also a method for individuals to further question, but also discover a person's likes and dislikes regarding foreign ways of life. Being submerged into an area that is unlike what one is used to will inevitably alter their perception of the society around them. Even something as quick and simple as driving to an unexplored city can change the way a person views the world. For example, an area populated with a majority of Mexicans will highly contrast a neighborhood that primarily consists of Caucasians, anywhere from driving methods, to the frequency of luxury cars, to the size of homes, all factors that shape the impressions of certain cities. Since culture thrives on the thirst for knowledge, traveling to different parts of the world will naturally help young Americans to experience an alien lifestyle, and provide for a better understanding of how other cultures function.

Traveling is not just for certain people; it is for everyone in the world! There are different types of travelers out there for example, sight seers, spontaneous, planning ahead, and travelers who like to keep a journal and write in it everyday. Spontaneous travelers could be the ones who have money to spend or are just intrigued by the idea of getting away for a couple days. Another type is a traveler who likes to plan their trip ahead of time due to the fact that their funds are all tied up or work interferes with their personal time. Sapna Jethani, a nineteen-year-old former student at Cal Poly- who also works at the student center at Mount San Antonio College-discusses her experiences in India. "I'd rather dive right into the atmosphere where I am and try to be a part of it as much as possible". Sapna is a different type of traveler, she states that she is a in a moment type of girl and not so much of a sightseer. Her ways of experiencing her traveling is not so much of where the famous historic buildings are located, but fitting right in with how the people in other countries do things and being assimilated with it.

Unlike Craig Thompson, a graphic novelist from Michigan, who wrote "Carnet De Voyage", kept records of everyday encounters while cruising down the streets of France, Barcelona, the Alps, Morocco, and many other places he has visited. Thompson made sketches and documented day-by-day happenings in his diary book. For example, when he met a girl, she would tell him stories of places she has visited and he would write it down in his journal. Even though he had his journal to draw what he saw or where he went he had also used it for the stories other people had to tell him and he would draw it out in his journal. By doing this, his drawings were based on experiences