Why I travel.
Just two days ago, I read of Steve Jobs death. It made me sad. This past August another man who I admired, Jack Layton, died of cancer. Both were, in their own way, making the world a better place. I have unfortunately not done much to make the world better, but I do try in small ways to make a positive contribution. Why I travel, has to do a little bit with death. I don't want to reach the end of my life and wish I had done this or that. I don't want to put off 'until tomorrow' or 'when I retire' that which I can do today.  At a commencement ceremony in 2005 Steve Jobs expressed his philosophy of death elegantly:
“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” 
So I travel because it's what I want to do. I'm following my heart. It's as simple as that.