Cartoonist Arif Rafhan reflects on how travel shaped his way of thinking

'Reality Bitchslap' is the story of Arif Rafhan and his adventures with his college friends travelling in South-East Asia. Photo: Arif Rafhan

The late chef and travel documentarian Anthony Bourdain once said: “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you.”

Comic book artist, pre-production illustrator and teacher Arif Rafhan would discover the truth of these words first-hand.