The urge to travel is an intrinsic part of being a human. As a species, we have always endeavored to explore new horizons and discover what is beyond our reach to understand the unknown and to comprehend the seemingly unperceivable. We have walked across deserts, climbed mountains, and sent ships into space to satisfy our thirst to journey to the great expanses of beauty available within our reach. Travel is one of the desires that has greatly fueled the necessity of invention and innovation. Nowadays however, most individuals are so mired in their existences that they cannot conceive of undertaking a trip of exploration of self discovery. The urban landscape has become so mundane and monotonous and the drudger is almost inescapable. We must always strive to break the shackles of the monotony and explore within our means. There is a great abundance of beauty within the regions proximal to us if we only chose to take the time to travel there. You can greatly enrich yourself through coming in close contact with various landscapes and cultures. There are several unique travel tips that you can keep in mind, apart from the usual fare, to make sure that you really craft for yourself an incredible and memorable experience. A few go thus:1) Go off the beaten trackThere are destinations and then there are Destinations. That simple statement encapsulates a great truth in that when you step out of your comfort zone and the well traveled road, you can come across great destinations which are yet unexplored and are characteristic of sublime beauty and sometimes, antiquity. There are a lot of facets about the region that you can discover when you travel to such destinations and you can then enjoy the mirror projection on your growing personality as these aspects then become part of you as well.2) Interact with the regional communityWhen you take the decision to journey off the beaten road and out of your comfort zone, you can really begin to truly experience life different from what you know it to be. Interacting with the locals of the community in the destination that you’re traveling can be an extremely unique experience for many and will really prove to be extremely fulfilling. To have a different perspective about the lives of people living there and to immerse yourself in the various aspects of their culture is an excellent way to satiate your desire to know and live truly, as part of a global community.3) Make a mark. Leave your footprint in the sand.After interacting with the regional dwellers, you can really begin to get a sense of the various unexplored gems in a particular destination and then travel to them by yourself. After visiting these destinations, you can devise and act out a personal ritual where you leave your mark on a particular place. This ritual would of course have to be environmentally friendly and harmless to the sentiments of the locals. But even a simple activity such as this makes a great addition to your experiences and can impart to you a lifetime of memories.