Some tourists improvise their trip, thinking that this will make their holidays more spontaneous. However, often they end up in trouble, suffering problems they could had avoid if they had better planned their getaway.
Of course, there will be always some unforeseen issues while traveling, and we want you to live all the adventures you want, but there are some important things that will make your trip easier. You will be glad to have taken into account these tips when you see someone suffering:

Forgetting your passport. This is more common than it should, your passport is priority, if this happens to you is because you have to travel with ten children or something.

 
Losing your baggage. Listen to your mom when she tells you to mark your suitcase with a pin or a ribbon, it may sound absurd but there are thousands of bags that look exactly the same, and you want to get to you hotel with the right one. If the airport loses it, you certainly have bad luck, but do not hesitate to review it and report it immediately if it is not yours. You do not want to be responsible for whatever it may contain.

Getting in the wrong transportation. This may sound like a cool adventure if you are not carrying lots of suitcases, if you are tired, or if it is getting dark. Be sure to carry a GPS or a map, and remember asking before you get in any bus or airplane. You could end up in the suburbs, lonely, and hungry. Not fun at all.

Bringing the wrong clothes. Check the weather before your trip, so you can be prepared.

Traveling in high season. When you think you are the only one who chose going on holiday, because everything looks cheap and accessible, until you reach your destination and find out that everything is saturated.

The budget runs out. Contemplate the unexpected in your budget. Keep an important amount of money ready for any inconvenience, and have on hand your credit card for emergencies.

If you go on vacation there are certain essential items you should not forget to pack when making your suitcase.
The first recommendation is to travel light, be practical, and evaluate as objectively as possible the usefulness and frequency with which you may use some things. Be honest with yourself, you want to make up for everything you have not read in the year on your vacation, but those three books you are carrying are almost a third of the total weight of your luggage and you will be lucky if you manage to open only one.

Meanwhile, she is trying to fit a giant bottle of shampoo, conditioner, a loofah, and even depilatory wax. Unless you go on a trip to a desert island, all of this is completely unnecessary and may even cause you problems if it spills on your clothes.

 
How you leave your home:
Try to leave everything in order as possible, you do not want to clean when you return tired of so much excitement on your vacation. Take out the trash, verify that water and gas are closed. Check the expiration date of your bills, so that when you return you don’t find yourself without internet or electricity. Store your valuable belongings and car keys, in case someone else has access to your home while you’re not around.

In the airport:
In there, you are safe from the risk of being assaulted, lose consciousness, or run out of money, so you don’t have to carry money on your shoes or pockets other than the normal ones.
Wear comfortable clothes, and don’t use many accessories that could be difficult to remove during the control checkups. You want to pass through them quickly and smoothly, spend only the strictly necessary time to be able to relax during your trip. The selfies at airports are not popular so, you don’t have to suffer walking on heels the long corridors.

 
These are some of the items you should always have on hand when you go traveling:

Passport. Check that you have it before and after you leave your home. You don’t want to miss your flight because you were more aware of your cellphone.
Which brings us to the following essential items: Mobile charger. There’s nothing cool about running out of battery on a long trip when you have to use the GPS, text your mom to let her know everything is fine, or take a picture with the Russian flight attendant.

 
Medicine Kit. Don’t forget the pills for your thousand allergies, something for your stomach, and definitely carry a good repellent if you go to the beach, or a quality moisturizing product if you go to the snow.
You cannot forget your glasses, selfie stick, and to put to charge the camera battery. If you travel to an inhospitable place, you can buy a digital memory as accessory like “My Life Saving”, containing all your personal and medical history information.
And whatever you do, do not forget the most important thing:

To travel, having the right attitude is just as necessary as making plans and having a budget.
Perhaps this is not quite easy for many, used to being in control and to follow fixed routes; however, to disconnect for a few days of your strict routine will do you good. Think that work and people who you are used to will be there when you return, but now you have the chance to experience new things and to know a part of yourself that you did not take seriously before.
Here are some tips that will make your trip more interesting, and that will help you collect memories and incredible stories:

Try typical food even if it is strange.
One way to broaden our horizons is through food. We are used to eat the same things every day. As hard to believe as it may sound, you will find yourself missing foreign food once you get back home.

Talk with people from other countries.

Meeting new people will always make you feel renewed. There’s nothing like a good conversation in which you are really interested in, because it’s about things you never thought of before..

Try to communicate in the language of the country where you are.
Even if you’re not very good at it, locals will appreciate your effort because it means that you are really interested in their culture. It will show that you are not a superficial tourist who seeks his own customs in another country.

Walking aimlessly.
Feeling completely free to walk and see around is the best you can do during your trip. You may think that everything is different to your home town and that you may be a little lost, but it will be a different emotion from what you are used to and it will become an unforgettable memory.

Collect stamps in your passport from all countries you’ve been.

They can also be train tickets, theater passes, or anything really. Passionate travelers have drawers full of garbage from abroad in their homes.

Send a postcard to your family.
It’s a pretty old and romantic thing to do for the digital age in which we live. You will get home before it arrives, for sure, but this will give you an idea about how it was like traveling in the past and it will add sentimental value to that piece of paper you wrote while you were about to board a train or to go through a historic site.

Start speaking with the accent of where you were.
Your regular accent will return slowly, but you will preserve a few words and when, occasionally you hear the slang of that country around you, you will find it familiar, because it means that you have taken on that culture which at first was totally strange. That’s how you will realize you are somehow different after being there.

When it comes to celebrations, Brazil has always been a leader. This time, Rio de Janeiro will appear more festive than usual to host the Olympics. However, the event organizers have emphasized that it will not be possible to give the same budget to the opening ceremony of this year, as it was given to London in 2012, due to the crisis in Brazil.

Despite having a tight budget, the opening party will be equally or more impressive than the events of previous years. The creative team of Rio 2016 is ready to do anything in their hands to impress everyone with the ceremony. Creativity, ingenuity, and unity of the carioca people will be highlighted in the show, which is planned for the early hours of the Olympics.

The famous film director Fernando Meirelles, nominated for an Oscar for his film “City of God” is one of the team leaders. He mentioned that the ceremony will show a synthesis of Brazilian popular culture. Another film director who is responsible for the ceremony is Andrucha Waddington, who has said that the event, undoubtedly, will make Brazil proud, although its budget is ten times less than it was in London.

The Organizing Committee of Rio 2016 recruited more than 12,000 volunteers who will be representing Brazil in the four major ceremonies, which are the opening and closing of the Olympic Games (August 5th and 21st) and of the Paralympics (September 7th and 18th). The volunteers were chosen for their abilities in performance, as well as for their talent in music and dance. Other qualities that were sought were acrobatics, like riding unicycle. The show has been rehearsed since April this year.

Finally, the organizers have said that, inevitably, there will be reference to the traditional Carnival of Rio. In addition, the organizing committee has asked the world to leave behind the 2014 World Cup to enjoy the great party that will be the Olympics. It is estimated that the opening ceremony will be filled with celebration, music, and dance, to prevent it from becoming boring for viewers.

The horrors of the war in Syria have forced thousands of people to move and fight the most adverse conditions at the borders. This humanitarian crisis intensifies every day, and it is no longer strange to anyone since the picture of the 3 year old baby, Aylan Kurdi, found drowned on a beach in Turkey, went viral on social networks. In 2015 more than 1,000 children were killed as a result of the conflict, 30% of the deceased migrants.

So when the boat in which, the 17 year old, Yusra Mardini traveled with her family in September last year began to sink in the sea between Turkey and Greece, the end seemed imminent.

“I lost everything, I had only one shirt and jeans, not even a pair of sandals,” says the girl.
The boat, able to carry up to 7 people, could barely stand 20 of which most didn´t know how to swim. The coast was still far away and panic was about to seize the spirit when a couple of young people jumped into the cold water to try to steer the ship with ropes. “I’m a swimmer,” Yusra said, a former member of what was once the Syrian national team, and she jumped after them. Shortly after Sarah, her three years older sister, did too.

“At first it was horrible. But then my sister and I thought it would be a shame if we didn’t help. Of course I hated the sea.”

With all their strength they swam for three hours, and made it safely to the coast of Lesbos. They now live in Germany and next August, Yusra will have the opportunity to dive into the pools of Rio de Janeiro as one of the ten members of the first refugee’s Olympic team in the history of the Games.

The ROA (Refugees Olympic Athletes team) will stay in the Olympic village, like all the other participants of the Games, with all their expenses covered, explained the IOC, which also guarantees that they will continue to support them after the Games.

“It will be a symbol of hope for all refugees and we will make a better world by making it aware of the magnitude of the crisis,” said the IOC President, Thomas Bach. “These refugees will demonstrate the world that despite the unimaginable tragedies they have faced, anyone can contribute to society with their talents, skills, and strength of spirit.”

“I would like to represent all refugees because I want to show them that after the pain and storm, calm days can still come. I want to encourage them not to give up, pursue their dreams, to do what they feel in their hearts, although it seems impossible.”

“When I dive into the pool, it’s the same to be here or in Syria: it is only water. It is wonderful.”
Yusra Mardini