It means something a bit different to everyone else, but it involves things like:
- When you merely "visit" a new place, you are getting the manicured, prepared, bite-sized, "tourist" version of it. This prevents one from seeing anything from more than just the "oh neat that's a big tower" perspective.
- When you meet the locals in a new place, you are absorbing their culture and perspectives - something that is nearly impossible to do when you're secluded in a luxury resort all the time, or stuck on a tour bus with people from your home country/city.
This perspective IMHO enriches oneself and allows us to understand what makes other people tick - and I firmly believe that if people took more time to figure out how other people think, the world would have a lot fewer problems.
- When you merely "visit" a new place, you are getting the manicured, prepared, bite-sized, "tourist" version of it. This prevents one from seeing anything from more than just the "oh neat that's a big tower" perspective.
- When you meet the locals in a new place, you are absorbing their culture and perspectives - something that is nearly impossible to do when you're secluded in a luxury resort all the time, or stuck on a tour bus with people from your home country/city.
This perspective IMHO enriches oneself and allows us to understand what makes other people tick - and I firmly believe that if people took more time to figure out how other people think, the world would have a lot fewer problems.