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comment by humanodon

"New eyes" is a good way to put it. I feel like travel allows one to remove oneself from all the attachments of their everyday life and to relate to living. Knowing that one is alien in whatever context can also help people to see things that those who have acclimated and acculturated might not.

I'm actually traveling myself at the moment and already I'm starting to feel like I'm freer and a bit more outside of myself.