"Qualified" can be very relative in the writing field. However, the best way to become a better writing doesn't require travel at all; simply getting into the habit of practicing daily will help you...
Go to the boardwalk, go to the activities and then go ALLL the way down. (I didn't notce there would be more if you just went down some more) and then sign up for poetry, writer's group and any other...
The advice I received from a company who specializes in this was to volunteer to your local politician to write speeches for them. Many lack the budgets to afford speechwriters, so give it a try. I...