It has been several months since I returned home. I have been pondering my adventures, what I have learnt and why people do it. Travel that is. It is fundamentally part of my existance. I return home, establish a sense of normalacy and then within months find myself already considering the next adventure, the next place to explore to understand. Someone once said to me, "Your travelling life is an illusion". What they meant is that, it is at home where life really exists. Family, friends, country exists, work that is positive and provides change; where I'm able to make a difference in what I do when I have returned to a normal life.

 

Whilst there may be some truth in this statement, now following a number of different adventures overseas and spent time thinking about how and why to travel, I no longer consider this as accurate. A travelling life can add real benefit, make a real difference. If we were all privileged enough to travel (ie money, time, freedom) then would not this enrich lives, lead to change, allow real face to face exchanges with people from all walks of life ?

 

So where to from here ? Im new to the blog environment, my thoughts are to develop a series on travel. To consider why, what for, advantages, disadvantages, opinion on the reason for travel and intermingled in this stories of adventure, human kindness, wilderness.

 

Interested.... come along for the journey .... regards feathertopdreaming