Aug 28, 2007
The last three of my twelve rules for traveling better (regardless of cost)
After traveling to almost every major destination, I've adopted three final approaches to that life of endless novelty, which I recommend to you:
10) I stay calm and roll with the travel "punches". I accept the fact that travel is an inherently uncertain activity that doesn't always come about without glitches or delays. I no longer rant and rail when the airport announces a postponed flight time. I whip out a paperback book and savor an interlude of leisure.
11) I buy various forms of cheap travel insurance. I never did so when I first traveled, but, oh, how I learned! Travel is a complex activity in which many things can and do go wrong. Insurance can protect against many of the consequences.
12) I avoid the heavily touristed, and opt for the undiscovered. Having had my fill of all the massively popular destinations -- the Londons and the Acapulcos, the Honolulus and the Orlandos -- my current tastes are for the places as yet not inundated by visitors. Mature travel consists of continuing to act as a pioneer, always seeking out the new, pursuing the dreams of discovery and challenge.
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10) I stay calm and roll with the travel "punches". I accept the fact that travel is an inherently uncertain activity that doesn't always come about without glitches or delays. I no longer rant and rail when the airport announces a postponed flight time. I whip out a paperback book and savor an interlude of leisure.
11) I buy various forms of cheap travel insurance. I never did so when I first traveled, but, oh, how I learned! Travel is a complex activity in which many things can and do go wrong. Insurance can protect against many of the consequences.
12) I avoid the heavily touristed, and opt for the undiscovered. Having had my fill of all the massively popular destinations -- the Londons and the Acapulcos, the Honolulus and the Orlandos -- my current tastes are for the places as yet not inundated by visitors. Mature travel consists of continuing to act as a pioneer, always seeking out the new, pursuing the dreams of discovery and challenge.
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