Planet Travel Tips ArticlesAll About TravelMenuSkip to contentHomeContact Us Advertising Service :7 Reasons To Spend Your Money TravellingReason #7: CultureMopeds zoom up and down busy streets beside me. My head jerks back and forth. I’m looking side to side, trying to find a gap in traffic. But it seems like it won’t ever come!Traffic honks loudly, cyclers pedal fiercely, and food stall workers buzz around prepping for yet another busy night. Stand still for one moment and multiple tuk-tuk drivers are there to greet you, offering everything you may need. Move too fast and you’ll miss that chance to cross the road in that gap of traffic to get to that restaurant where your newest group of friends has agreed to meet.That’s rush hour in Asia, only to be experienced by standing right in the middle of it. There’s no other way to learn about a culture, but to submerge yourself in it. No books, no videos, no media back home will really show you what it’s like to be part of another culture. So get out there and be part of one!“People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.”-Dagobert D. RunesReason #6: Get PerspectiveGetting tired of waiting for the newest fancy gadget to come out? The one everyone wants to be the first to get, even though, within a week, everyone will own it anyways.Why not put all that in perspective by trying your hand at travelling somewhere different? Away from the comfort of your own vehicle, or the public transportation system you already know inside out. How about somewhere without high speed trains that easily zip you around to anywhere you’d like to go.Try Thai time for a change. Where afternoon means any time from eight in the morning to a few hours after sunset. Here, buses are never on time, but no one is stressed or phased by it. Nothing other than the traffic seems to be urgent. Bring a deck of cards, and enjoy your hour long wait for dinner. Enjoy a good book and a few naps while waiting indefinitely for a bus that was supposed to have picked you up five hours ago.In Asia you never know what’s going to happen, so relax and live a stress-free life like the locals. Kick back, relax and enjoy it!“The voyage of discovery lies not in discovering new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.”-Marcel ProustReason #5: Eat and Drink!Ahhh, a world where food means more then a can of Alphaghettis, or a pre-packaged microwavable dinner full of chemicals. Europe has fresher tasting ingredients than North America. In Asia they’re even fresher. The land where even I like to have extra vegetables in my stir fried dinner.How about some pasta? Head down to Florence and see how the Italians really cook it up. Think that Guinness beer tastes good back home, try it fresh on tap at the Guinness factory in Dublin Ireland. Or head back to southeast Asia and get yourself a fresh fruit smoothie, with locally grown fruit!Food a