When I set foot on the hot land of the Middle East for the first time in my life, I had already traveled to India and Sri Lanka for three or four months. After the initial excitement of the journey, I slowly calmed down and started to understand things in a Chinese way. My little eyes stared at this big world that was extremely strange to me.
In my previous impression, the Middle East was a powder keg, an oil crisis, a terrorist attack, and a mysterious woman wearing a black veil. It wasn't until I set foot on this land that I discovered the unique style and beauty here - the mosque glowing with blue light in the quiet night, the kitten lying on the side of the Mediterranean waiting for its owner to fish, and walking in the wind on the Nile River The triangle sails are all beautiful poetic images.
Nothing draws travelers closer than the desire to explore. I visited Iran, Armenia, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt in one go, and later I went to Yemen. I gradually realized that in terms of historical and cultural heritage, the Middle East is as good as any other place in the world. Byblos is known as the "cradle of Mediterranean civilization" and is the birthplace of many names in the Bible. The ancient city of Petra has passed through the fog of thousands of years of history. Wandering there, it seems that you can still hear the sound of camel bells from back then. In addition to the pyramids in Egypt, there is also Abu Simbel, which is eye-catching, and the ancient city of Thebes, a huge open-air history museum. Balbek, Jerash, Persepolis, and the Temple of Karnak? Against the backdrop of the pure blue sky, the historical ruins here and there are truly breathtaking.
In fact, among the people I have met, Middle Easterners are the most hospitable. In Mashhad, Iran, I experienced a whole day of continuous good luck, and it seemed as if God had deliberately arranged for a group of Persians to come and help me. In Beirut, Lebanon, the hotel owner meticulously helped me draw a "hand-drawn map" and taught me how to save money like a local. In Matruh, Egypt, a brother who took children to and from school not only gave me a free ride, but also gave me money for a taxi back to the hotel when I got off?
When traveling in the Middle East, these are People have touched me the most. This trip to the Middle East subverted my narrow understanding.
If I hadn’t traveled, I might have been locked in a cage of prejudice my whole life.
Travel is the process of breaking self-perception bias through personal experience.
One of the wonderful things about traveling is meeting people. On a long journey, we will meet many, many people, but we will only become friends with a few of them.
Some people may have stayed with you long enough, but your relationship gradually ended due to separation, like two indifferent lines that may never intersect again in this life.
There are some people who just met and parted in a hurry, but have kept in touch since then. It seems that the first time was just a frightening glance of the shy girl through the door curtain at the handsome boy during the matchmaker's words. Will go hand in hand with you in life.
Fate is so random. One minute earlier and one minute later, you might meet different people and experience different things. Fate is so certain, even if you miss one stop after another, some people will still meet at the next stop.
After this journey of more than a hundred days, the Middle East is still the same Middle East, and it is still strange. Most of the iceberg is still underwater. However, this is the iceberg I have stared at in my life journey, and it is already my iceberg.