The importance of travel
Honorable mention Easy Reader 2021 Anniversary Writing Contest by Janice Nigro Sometimes traveling, you don’t get what you expect. Like the time I was stranded on a small island off the coast of Australia. The island was not far off the coast, but box jellyfish and crocodile infested waters separated it from the mainland. It was also the rainy season, and a three night-four day hike at sea level ended on the fifth day with a helicopter rescue. The rescue cost me some extra days in the small town of Cardwell in tropical Queensland. My pack was left behind due to space issues on the helicopter, and was to be picked up the next day. Being the weekend, that plan got delayed until the following Monday, which meant I couldn’t leave until Tuesday. My conversation with the ranger could have gone badly, but I checked my rising anger, realizing I wasn’t in my own country and even worse, I was in a small town in a foreign country. My perspective on travel changed 180 degrees that day. I felt humbled. I had a similar feeling a few years later when I walked into the Utlendingsdirektoratet, the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, to get my work visa for a six month sabbatical. I had a job and…
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