I'm in week 9, no real honeymoon or culture shock or "home" sickness. The stats might be true if you've never traveled
before, but Argentina is country 20 for me* and I'd say I was more surprised by Russia than here.
The plan is to do more than my age, I'm in my early 20's right now at 20 countries, and I'll hopefully do (as is the plan) Uruguay,
Chile, Paraguay, China/Hong Kong/Macau before my birthday next (American) Spring.
I disagree here. I also think what you're describing is more of travelling extensively (and amazing, 20 countries by early 20s, JEALOUS) rather than putting down roots for years in a place, which is what I think can cause the feelings of occasional homesickness or depression.There's also nothing weak or "newcomer-like" about those feelings either. Thanks to my parents I had a childhood with lots of travel, and after college moved around quite a bit in Spain and the Caribbean for three years before coming here. I didn't have any real homesickness until after a couple of years here and I think that constant stimulation and change from the 6 months here, 8 months there sort of moves I was doing kept all that at bay. But then again, everyone is different. Some never miss home, some do all the time.