Travel vs Trouble

TRAVEL, what does travel means? According to any dictionary it is basically to go from one place to another. But anyone how has travel recently would have realize that it is not what it used to be anymore. To be plain and direct it is not fun. Low cost airlines, delays, security, people everywhere…

Have you ever realised that doesn’t matter where you go, you will always find somebody, even further, that you will always find somebody from your own town. It seems like there is no adventure left. That everything has been discovered and even if we embark ourselves in a so call “exclusive tours” we are just following and organised tour like any other. Even the simple trip to a supermarket has become complicated (remember to bring the re-usable bags, the points card, the discount coupons…) it looks like our lives are to programmed or plan and with little room for the improvisation or surprise.

So, why are we still travelling? Why do we go thorough all the pain of packing unpacking, checking in checking out, queuing, dress and undress at the airport? The answer is easy. Because we love it. No matter how much we complaint about these things in public, privately we cannot wait to jump in a plane and travel. As human beings we have the power to create the illusion we want. We can believe that we are doing something exotic even if deeply inside we know we are not. We just want to get out of our comfort life and search for experiences that add some spice in our souls that give us something to remember.

And this is the thing, even if we sometimes despair and think that there is no place new to discover, we are wrong. Even in your own village you ill find something you will probably haven´t seen before. Even in your daily supermarket you will discover a new product you never though they sell. It is my goal in this blog to help you rediscovering travel by helping you to look behind the high street and go to those little things that make a trip unforgettable.