Traveling is much better than reading a book as you can experience things when you travel, although with reading, you are only able to imagine. Media has a strong influence on those who read, as they are more exposed to it. Traveling allows a person to be free, and careless towards superficial things. Einstein once said: "Information is not knowledge, the only source of knowledge is experience." Therefore, reading a book and attaining information through a written source is far less effective than traveling, experiencing, ad being hands-on. Additionally, when we travel the world, we discover new cultures, languages, points of view, and way of living, but reading such things is not as effective or beneficial.