You learn much about yourself when you are away from home and on the road. Things like insecurities and hang-ups, passions and priorities. Material possessions are no longer an issue. You travel only with what you need. Your outfits and maybe a few other things.
Nothing is very important any more.
Nothing, that is, except their lives. People sometimes shout at us, or throw stones. That was the welcome they received on their first night in Cairo, when they trekked the streets in search of their bedding for the night. Kasr El Nil bridge. It didn't take them long to find their saving grace Dobrowolska.