I woke up early this morning to scooter up the mountains outside Chiang Mai, Thailand for a brilliant sunrise. One of the thoughts that came to mind as the fresh air hit my face was, “Amazing how much easier it is to learn when I’m traveling!” Learning speed is directly correlated with the abundance of new ideas in the surrounding environment. Traveling itself appears to amp up my auditory learning powers (I’m a visual learner under normal circumstances). It becomes easy to memorize new Thai words and historical facts after hearing them just once, in a vivid context. As a bonus, I’ve noticed the speed of information recall quicken. Whatever…