A traveler's dilemma

Tyna Hope
6 min readSep 7, 2023

Reflections on tourism, privilege, and extreme individualism.

I love to travel to other countries. It pushes me to get out of my comfort zone. I must be in the present moment as everything is new, different and therefore harder. It also allows me to see the world and my life differently. I get to compare and contrast the large things such as lifestyle and values, and the small things such as how a salad is prepared there versus at home.

This year I had the privilege to travel to Greece in August. I think of going to Greece as a privilege because it is far away (as a…

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Tyna Hope

Electrical Engineer who worked as a data scientist then as a product manager, on LinkedIn. Opinions expressed are my own. See Defy Magazine for more: defymag.ca