Thank you for visiting
my site. You’re in the right
place to send me your views on travel, find out where I
am and what I’m doing (assuming I know, which is
not always the case).
We 21st-century travellers are extraordinarily
lucky to be able to see so much of the world in safety, given
that in previous centuries most people travelled only for war
or pilgrimage (sometimes, unhappily, both at the same time).
These days, the main reason to travel is to meet people in peace.
And the best way to do that is to travel in a way that does not |
isolate
you from the host community.
In general, the thickness
of the mattress is in inverse proportion to the proximity
of the people.
So the cheaper you travel, the closer
you get. At The Independent, I have the title “The
man who pays his way” because I don’t accept
free transport or accommodation from the travel trade.
This may strike you as pious baloney, but one indisputable
effect is that I tend to meet a lot of very interesting
folk. The people with the best stories to tell live life
in the cheap seats. |
