1 . When I was 25 years old, I had a big dream in my mind and lots of things in my backpack. I wanted to travel around Africa with my ________. So I left my hometown with great confidence and   ________ to Cape Town, not really ________ what to do next. ________ , before my trip actually started, I met a kind, old Nigerian man. He gave me the best travel ________ I ever received: “Be like a student on your way around the world.”

It sounds ________, but it really changed my mind about travelling. He helped me________that travel is about learning and observing different ________ . “It’s far too easy to go into a ________ country for you and believe your ways are better. But if you study, ask questions, and ________ to learn from the locals, you’ll have much richer ________ , ” he promised me.

On other trips ________ I was on my tour way to Cancun, I didn’t know the man so I was just a ________ . I only stayed there for a week to see the ________ and places of interest and then left. The culture didn’t   ________   me. I left the cities and towns without really ________ anyone or anything. Those people and   ________existed in those very places to which I had ________a visit.

This time, I promised myself that I would be a ________ student traveller. After seven months of ________     travelling from Cape Town to Cairo, I returned home. Having a student-like attitude helped me learn a lot. This trip satisfied me more than any other trip ever did to me.