I've recently watched Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure, a three part TV show where two comedians, Dara O'Briain and Ed Byrne, drive along the Pan-American highway for 4,000 miles, from Arizona to Panama, and going through all kinds of experiences on the way, from being wrestled by a Mexican wrestler, to eating iguana.
I found it all really interesting and enjoyable, and taught me a good deal about a part of the world that I have to confess I have extremely little knowledge about, and it did make me think more about travelling. I haven't travelled a great deal, but I'd like to one day.
What makes people travel? Exploration? Broadening ones horizons? New experiences? Perhaps challenging oneself? It's curious, and I do find it funny how people like to go away on holiday (and I include myself on this) yet they want most of the creature comforts from home - many years back I went to Majorca, and one of the bars I passed was set out as a "traditional British pub", serving pints of Tetleys Bitter, playing Only Fools and Horses on the TV, you could order a Sunday carvery, all that sort of thing. And it certainly wasn't empty.
Dara and Ed's adventure looked great, and it made me think of a blog I found a while back (which annoyingly I can't find now) where a couple packed up their life in Vancouver, and drove across Canada to Nova Scotia, sleeping in their car - I think that they had an estate car, and basically stuck a mattress in the back.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on travelling - do you travel or not? And why? Where would you like to go - Europe and North America are top of my list!
I've surprisingly somehow managed to vaguely link this to a video I've just published on the Travelling Book Project - if you're not aware what the project is, watch the video, or pop over to the project website at http://www.travellingbook.eu/
I haven't traveled much in my life but I have been working on the wife to let me get a Winnebago for when we retire. I want to be one of those old fools with the map of the United States on the back of the thing with all the states we visited colored in :)
ReplyDeleteThat sounds great Jeremy, I'd love to do that when we retire :)
DeleteI love to travel! That's why I'm getting impatient as this summer I haven't booked any tickets yet.
ReplyDeleteIf money is not a problem, I'd like to visit Europe (Paris, Italy, London, etc.). I've seen so many great photos that are so surreal. I'd love to see them myself.
It's really interesting what people like - I live in the UK and it's absolutely fine (I love to visit London, and Paris is my all-time favourite place ever) but if money was no object it'd be North America :)
DeleteNo doubt, I love travelling and want to visit all over the world but don't have budget. Search for deals and enjoy hassle-free trip.
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