Everyone loves to gush about how amazing travel is. From the Insta selfie crowd to your nomadic cousin who floats around the world (and looks like they need a good wash) and everyone in between. The love affair with travel can be a bit over the top. “So to the big question. Is travelling the […]
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“Well, that’s a bit s*&t’ You can’t hide your disappointment as you reluctantly join the line of tourists from around the world, which seems to go on for miles. Briefly, you consider coming back another day but that would screw up the rest of your plans. “Come on, snap out of it,” you think to
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Every traveller knows the feeling. ‘But look at me, I’ve changed godammit! My whole world has changed. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!’ You don’t say it out loud, of course. Instead, you take another sip of your flat beer. A beer served to you not in a beach bar somewhere, but by a bored bartender
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I’ll do it next year. Whatever. You have been saying that for years. “Next year, when I have more money” “I’ll have time when X happens’’ I hear what you’re saying. I did it for years. The sad thing is, every time you do this, you are sacrificing (and risking) the most sacred of all
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Feeling the hot sand beneath your toes, you squint your eyes towards the bright orange sunset sinking into the ocean. Man, life is good you tell yourself. I wish this could last forever. ‘Beep, beep, beep’ – You are shocked awake from your pleasant dream by your stupid phone alarm, which rudely interrupts you remembering
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