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[*] posted on 6-10-2007 at 10:15 PM
ALL OF THE ABOVE...


For me travel is not one OR the other, but ALL of the above [reasons to travel].

And the above list is not even a complete selection of all the pleasures and benefits of travel, so I would like to add a short list of other reasons of why I like to indulge my wunderlust:

It's a vacation. It is a rest from the daily and weekly routines of work or at home that tires us and delpletes and stresses us. It is a sabbath day when even the beasts of burden are given a break from labor.
It is getting away from the phone rings, the coumputer screens, the emails and the answering machines, the schedule book and to-do lists, the beeps, bells and whistles and all those chores that must be done!
I is a leave from worries, weariness and ennui. It is a cleansing of the soul.
It is to recharge our batteries. It is to take photos. To explore life outside our little cozy nitches.

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[*] posted on 6-11-2007 at 05:18 AM


Several posters have remarked that the most important aspect of travel is being alone and in nature.

Would a trip to Yellowstone be considered travel? I can drive 150 miles down the coast to Big Sur and meet those requirements.

Travel to me has to include a sense of adventure. It has to do with a drastic change from my living condition to rejuvenate the senses. Yellowstone is no longer travel for me but the north slope of Alaska is. The sierras are not travel but the Canadian outback may be.

I believe that one of the greatest pleasures of life is learning. Discovery. Not the learning in the office or from books. Plunging yourself into cultures that are radically different from your own is so refreshing. And it doesn't necessarily require human interaction.

Other important ingredients to travel: Danger. The possibility of a vehicle breakdown tends to spice things up. Self-reliance. Getting into trouble and figuring how to get out of it is part of it. Beauty. It's not that hard to find. It's really everywhere around us. Niagara Falls is beautiful but the place did nothing for me.

All right, this is my final edit. Travel is change. That's it in a nutshell. Once you stay for awhile it stops being travel and you have to move on or it loses it's quality. Change is rejuvenating and that's why we do it. I've never understood those that talk about the importance of stability.

[Edited on 6-11-2007 by Skipjack Joe]

[Edited on 6-11-2007 by Skipjack Joe]
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