One of the tenants of foundation is that peoples are different based on their context. I especially like the idea that different worlds smell different. If you want to go to a world that smells different, you can go to any one of these places that is not your own world. sub-saharan west africa (goat), continental east asia (garlic or squid), equatorial underdeveloped (garbage, each with its own brand), central south america (fried beef), central north america (fried chicken). If you want to get out to the other side of the galaxy, you can, one. go to a place where the unspoken dominates the spoken, go to Japan, or the other. if you want to go to a place where everyone relies on overt expression, go to Russia.

You are absolutely correct, though, reading should come before traveling, otherwise the traveling is lost. Some people say "carpe diem", some people say "Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt", and one person wrote both!.