The Curious Traveler: See the world. Change your life.

Curiosity can instantly connect you with anyone. Its what sets us apart from robots and its a key factor behind curing cancer stopping terrorism and resolving interpersonal conflicts. Meanwhile international travel is the ideal laboratory for putting your curiosity to work. This is a book about the power of curiosity to improve the way we travel. Rooted in decades of research on curiosity and cultural intelligence David Livermore explores the key research behind curiosity and exemplifies it through exploring the dilemmas faced when traveling abroad. These include quandaries like: Why do people always cut in line here?Why do they eat the fish eye?Why would someone give me the wrong directions instead of just telling me they dont know?In addition the book provides practical travel tips on everything from exchanging money traveling on a budget and dealing with jet lag. This book will equip you to leverage the power of curiosity and travel to make you happier to connect with others and to solve problems big and small.