“3 Encounters That Changed My Life”: How a Corporate Employee Gained a New Perspective through Travel

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After enduring a life of “glamor and nonsense” (her words) for six years, Clelia Mattana decided to follow an inner calling and travel the world solo.

Here’s her story.

Dagobert D. Ruins said, “People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.” Isn’t that sadly true?

Imagine this typical scene on the London Underground: A business man reading a newspaper, a teenage boy damaging h...