The Journey Is The Destination
Some American travelers love traveling to resort destinations
that are all inclusive and fully contained within the walls of the distinguished
property. In my experience these places
tend to be very similar layout and offer the same amities as if I were in my
own back yard. Examples of places like this are Cancun Mexico,
Wikiki Hawaii and Orlando Florida. I
like to think of these locations, as being the destinations experience that is
manicured to conform to a very sterile out come. I am not putting this type of travel
experience down but for me traveling is like life and the journey is the
destination. What I mean by this is some
of my most favorite parts about traveling are the unexpected, unplanned
experiences that arise because I have give them space to arise.
The last tour I led
to Bhutan my group just happened to stumble onto an unplanned temple festival
where we got the chance to meet a Tuku, which is reincarnated Buddhist master. We were invited to sit and have tea with him
while he practiced his English and enlighten us with a Dharma talk on emptiness. The authentic nature of this interaction
could have never been planed or created.
I guess this was breed into me at a young age, as my mom would always
take short cuts off the beaten path.
Even though these short cuts always turned into long cuts off the main
highway we got a chance to experience life, raw and uncut. When I take the mind frame of the journey
being the destination I am able to stay in the moment, in the flow and know
that the end all goal is something that pushes me to enjoy the ride. So the next time your traveling and something
unexpected happens along the way embrace it and make the most of it, you never
know what could happen. 
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