{"id":1410,"date":"2010-12-01T22:00:57","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T22:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2011-11-23T00:29:10","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T00:29:10","slug":"travel-life-long-campaign-against-banality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulgoodchild.me\/blog\/travel-life-long-campaign-against-banality\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel: the life-long campaign against banality"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s something unsettling about travel.\u00a0 You’ve escaped your comfortable life back home only to become a stranger in a strange land.\u00a0 It’s a vulnerable position to be in, and yet we do it repeatedly.<\/p>\n

There’s packing; invasive and often intimidating security\/immigration; ass-numbing long-haul flights with dodgy in-flight meals; over-priced accommodation; sun-cream; mosquitoes; and more…<\/p>\n

So why do we do it?\u00a0 Why do we travel to put ourselves through this stress, and call it a “holiday”?\u00a0 I’ve been asking why I’m driven to leave here, just to be somewhere else.\u00a0 The answers are very revealing.<\/p>\n

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Travel is the great escape<\/h2>\n

Travel agents and advertisers will often throw in the term “escape” when it comes to holidays.\u00a0 And for good reason – normal life is crap!\u00a0 At least, that’s what we tell ourselves, and it’s conveniently reinforced for us everywhere we look.<\/p>\n

We’re constantly reminded through advertising that what we have isn’t good enough, unless we bought it tomorrow. (<- that’s not a grammatical error).<\/p>\n