Travel

Here is my argument in favour of travel as an under appreciated tool for learning:

A Response to Julia Galef and Herbert Simon on Travel

I quit my job and travelled for most of 2019. You can read about my experiences here:

2019 Round the World Adventure (Part 1)

2019 Round the World Adventure (Part 2)

Where I’ve been:

  1. Canada
  2. United States
  3. Cuba (2006)
  4. United Kingdom (2009)
  5. Israel (2009) *I lived in Israel from 2012 to 2013*
  6. Italy (2009)
  7. Holy See (2009)
  8. Switzerland (2009)
  9. Germany (2009)
  10. Czech Republic (2009)
  11. France (2009)
  12. Netherlands (2009)
  13. Greece (2013)
  14. Jordan (2013)
  15. Palestinian Territories (2013)
  16. Qatar (2015)
  17. Myanmar (2015)
  18. Singapore (2016) *I spent four months at the National University of Singapore*
  19. Thailand (2016)
  20. Vietnam (2016)
  21. Cambodia (2016)
  22. India (2016)
  23. Malaysia (2016)
  24. Nepal (2016)
  25. Peru (2017)
  26. Japan (2017)
  27. China (2017)
  28. Mexico (2018)
  29. Brazil (2018)
  30. Chile (2019)
  31. Argentina (2019)
  32. Uruguay (2019)
  33. Ethiopia (2019)
  34. South Africa (2019)
  35. Swaziland (2019)
  36. Mozambique (2019)
  37. Lesotho (2019)
  38. Kenya (2019)
  39. Turkey (2019)
  40. Bulgaria (2019)
  41. Macedonia (2019)
  42. Kosovo (2019)
  43. Albania (2019)
  44. Montenegro (2019)
  45. Bosnia (2019)
  46. Serbia (2019)
  47. Austria (2019)
  48. Slovakia (2019)
  49. Hungary (2019)
  50. Kazakhstan (2019)
  51. Uzbekistan (2019)
  52. Kyrgyzstan (2019)
  53. Tajikistan (2019)
  54. Egypt (2019)
  55. Spain (2020)
  56. Portugal (2021)
  57. Morocco (2021)
  58. Colombia (2022)
  59. Ireland (2022)
  60. Lithuania (2022)
  61. Estonia (2022)
  62. Latvia (2022)
  63. South Korea (2022)
  64. Australia (2022)
  65. New Zealand (2022)
  66. Ghana (2023)
  67. Togo (2023)
  68. Benin (2023)
  69. Belgium (2023)
  70. Denmark (2023)
  71. Sweden (2023)
  72. Senegal (2023)
  73. The Gambia (2023)
  74. Poland (2023)
  75. Guatemala (2024)

Most of my international travel is focused on hiking (IE the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal or the Huayhuash Circuit in Peru).

Some things to note about my travel:

  • Most of my flights are free or heavily discounted using methods such as credit card churning or fuel dumping
  • I try to visit a Chabad House for Shabbat and a McDonalds in every country I can
  • I once visited a country out of spite
  • While I enjoy travel, I travel primarily to learn. Travelling provides the most impactful, insightful and interesting experience available to me.