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 _______ in Cape Town on a one-way ticket, not really sure 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 new country for you and believe your ways are better. But if you study, ask questions, and try to learn from the locals, you’ll have far 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 sights and places of interest and then left. The culture didn’t ________ me. I left the cities and towns without really knowing anyone or anything. Those people and things ________ 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.