1. To unwind.

2. See new things.

3. To encounter compassion.

4. To learn a language and speak it fluently.

5. You will realize that sometimes what people say about other countries is wrong.

6. To make new friends all over the world.

7. To feel that natural high.

8. To eat (and eat things you didn’t even realize were food).

9. See things from another perspective.

10. To overcome personal challenges.

11. To experience being in two places at once: crossing borders.

12. To be debt-free.

13. To feel how it is not to own possessions, but to own the world.

14. To be the person who you are, without pretentions.

15. To find yourself.

16. To dance in crazy parties and not care.

17. To learn how to let go.

18. To give back by volunteering.

19. To avoid traffic (especially in places like Bangkok!)