The way "we" travel compared to how others travel...

[Grubblin]

I spent a lot of money on my car so you must as well!
I spent a lot of money on my house so you must as well!
I spent a lot of money on my clothes so you must as well!
I spent a lot of money on my jewelry so you must as well!
I spent a lot of money on my shoes so you must as well!
I spent a lot of money on my hair so you must as well!
I spent a lot of money on my sex change operation so you must as well!
I spent a lot of money on my weed so you must as well!
I spent a lot of money on my hooker so you must as well!
I spent a lot of money on my makeup so you must as well!
I spent a lot of money on my tattoos so you must as well!
I spent a lot of money on my fake tits so you must as well!
I spent a lot of money on my education so you must as well!
Uh, did I say I spent a lot of money on my weed?
See where I'm going with this?
This attitude is not exclusive to travelers.
It is the Amerikkan way!

I'm not in the market for a sex change operation but if I were I think that spending a lot of money on it would be wise!

 

[iflewoverthecuckoosnest]

This is kind of an old thread, but it could've been written yesterday and still be relevant. Speaks to my heart

When I tell folks about my travels, it's not uncommon for me to get that kind of blank eyed, gawking, "OH NO YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT IT'S DANGEROUS", response.

When I was first about to leave, my family didn't understand at all. They needed to know why, and they also didn't really believe that I could do it, it was so outside of their realm.

The best thing that I could muster was to explain that I might die doing this, but that if I stayed, I was already dead. They didn't quite get it. A lot of folks never will. That's okay.

Traveling is the song in my heart that never shuts its fat fucking mouth at me until I follow it.

Cheers, everyone. Beautiful thread.