Great to hear this said out loud. Travel without context is absurd. It's institutionalized syphoning of money away from tourists, under the guise of some sort

Great to hear this said out loud. Travel without context is absurd. It's institutionalized syphoning of money away from tourists, under the guise of some sort of transformative experience with lots of photo-ops. In order for travel to be "meaningful", there must context for it. This might mean going to a country for business or to visit friends. It might mean being a tourist if you know what you're looking at. Simply showing up at a museum or a cathedral, reading the placard, and walking away transformed is the scam of the century. I never travel solely to see things unless they are things I want to see for reasons unrelated to the travel itself. Usually history.