For traveling in India, I wanted a shoe that did not look like an athletic shoe. This is good enough and I'm keeping it. But WHY the white band around the bottom of the shoe? It calls attention to your feet. Why not a nice brown band that is in keeping with the color of the shoe? Then it would have been a nondescript shoe that functioned well and didn't look quite so goofy. With the white band, in my opinion it looks a little goofy.

It also runs small. I had to bump up a 1/2 size.

That said, it is a comfortable closed shoe with a strap, it is light weight and functional and I think it will be good for traveling in rough places.