11/07/2024
I'm reading this book atm. It's v good and I'd happily recommend.
I've always enjoyed watching Simon Reeve's travel shows on the tele box, offering a fresh "travel" perspective, highlighting the hardship as well as the beauty. He's also a charming bu**er.
Anyway, as someone who's a big fan of learning from the locals when I'm away from home, the following struck a chord:
"... what had really stood out were the people. For me the strongest memories from that first trip, and from every trip since, are from my encounters with us, with our inspiring, intriguing, long-suffering, comic, clever and caring fellow humans. When we are planning a journey I am always asking and thinking, who are we going to meet? Meaningful encounters with other people in strange parts of the world are the real experience to treasure. If I'm not meeting people then I'm not on a proper journey."
What do you think? Is this your kind of travel?