My family was a Servas International (a global travel exchange organization with a mission of peace building) member ever since I was 10 years old. Back in India, we use to have people from all over the world visit and stay with us for up to a week at a time. They would bring with them stories of where they lived, what they did and showed me photographs of their lives. This was my first exposure to other cultures as I traveled vicariously through my guests. Perhaps that’s where the interest in international traveling settled within me. Continue reading “From the eyes of a local”