One World!: Life in Surrey!

One World!: Life in Surrey!

Life in Surrey!

Its going to be a year soon. Life in the UK....its nice, weird, different, not at all sunny but love it!
I have been thinking of creating this blog for such a long time, to put all my stories together. I actually do have a lot of them. I think everyone does. So, it will be interesting, if we get to share them with each other. In fact, we do to a lot extent, all those facebook and twitter updates are like snap shots of those stories.
From being a tour guide in India, to being a tourism student in the UK. Wow! I can see this life, showing me so many different aspects. Everyday is like a new beginning. Meeting new people, getting to know your friends a bit more, seeing places which probably I thought existed only on TV. Reading and learning about strategies and operations...it is kind of interesting.
But, the reason which motivated me to actually get myself together and put up this blog, is to try and find out what are the reasons for people to travel. What does this young generation expect and want when they travel. Being a tourism student, everyday I get to read so many articles and journals about the motivations to travel. But, every time there is one new angle to this.
Do they travel for fun, for stress busting, to learn and experience new things, to meet new people, etc. Is it in order to escape from reality even for a short while or to find something real? What and why?? Everyday, I keep trying to find an answer to this question, but even with all the reading and philosophies and whatsoever, I fail. Therefore, in order to get into the depth of it, I decided to take this as my research topic for my MSc.
So, you tell me what are your motivations to travel. Would you like to go on a 'group holiday', if you can? What are things you would like to do, how much you want to spend. What comes to your mind when you first think of travel?
I hope, some of you would find it interesting and help me get an answer to this....Looking forward to hearing from all of you.
Thank you!