Why do you travel/want to travel?

[Gypsybones]

I just feel the need too.
I'm willing to bet my ancestors back in Ireland were nomadic cause its a pull I cant really understand.
the best I have ever felt in my life was when I was traveling, alway moving around every few days seeing new things and people, getting drunk somewhere new.

the only reason I'm back in the burgh is I hate begging for anything. I come from a long line of railroad workers that have a strict work ethic that is strongly instilled in my soul.
I'm saving up money to take off again and then when it gets low I have to stop and get a job for a wile.

I was here for 3 years doing no traveling saving up loot so when my bro got out of the army we could go and travel europe. which I did by the way and I fucking loved it I only wish I could have found a job and stayed longer so I could save up and see more.
I havent felt right since I've come back I tried moving to nola for a wile then came back (I'm regretting that)

and to top things off I live right across the street from the tracks and every time a train goes buy I look at my ruck and think about running out and jumping on. looking at the pick on STP doesn't help matters ether.

but like I said I just think its encode in my DNA to have itchy feet.

 

[ianfernite]

Honestly, I don't even know any more.
But I guess I'll give this a shot before enlisting or killing myself or whatever.

 

[GutterGrayse]

Because seeing the world vicariously through other people stopped being so interesting. There's nothing more exciting than getting out there and seeing it all for yourself.

Plus, on a train, you see things that most all people in the world miss out on. It's the radically different experiences you have in life that make social aspects so much more interesting. People love stories, but someone's gotta go out there and make the stories happen.

 

[drun_ken]

i have never lived in one place for longer than 3 years...untill now my daughter and ex wife have had me shipwrecked in gainesville for a little over 3 years...so moving around became second nature to me...and once out of my parents grip it was all over....nonstop traveling for about 7years...then me and my ex wife decided ta settle down for a min ta save up for a truck....have been in a house ever since....once her and i split up i left ta finally continue my travels only ta get an e-mail telling me we were pregnant...so now i can only make a few quick trips a couple of times a year...i miss the hell out of it tho...thats fer damn sure....

 

[finn]

I travel because many of my friends are not conveniently located near me.

 

[Mouse]

I travel because many of my friends are not conveniently located near me.

insanely true.

I was talking to my boy these past few days about friends.. and how I hate my hometown becuase I haven't been able to make a single friend there in my lifetime. I can't stand the thought of being friends with someone just because they are convieniently close by. My "best friend" from h.s. and I are no longer friends because she's a tainted self-centered twat who woudl always bitch that I was so annoying that I lived 45 mins away and she had to drive down to see me. That's when I knew our friendship was a load of crap.Everyone around this area is like that. My current "friend' from the college I go to whined to me yesterday because she had to pick me up because my tire was flat.. I live 15 mins from her house. or maybe it's just stupid bitches I don't like... hard to tell anylonger.

all my friends are friends I actually like, not tolerate because I have to because they live down the street or whatever. Like tonight, Im' staying up til 4 a.m. to drive a hour away to catch a train 2 hours to DC and then wait 2 hours for a bus to Richmond so I can see my friends. Friends I obviously love becaue I don't do this shit for just anybody. And they have nothing to offer me but a couch to sleep on and good company. That's friendship.


oh, and I met my boyfriend in a resort town 4 hours east of here and he moved from his hometown to come to this dump to live with me because that's how love fucking works. That's why I kept him and will always keep him.

 

[ianfernite]

oh, and I met my boyfriend in a resort town 4 hours east of here and he moved from his hometown to come to this dump to live with me because that's how love fucking works. That's why I kept him and will always keep him.

D'aww!

 

[RnJ]

Mouse, I don't complain that my friends live 45 minutes away. I just don't come visit them every week or two, because I've got a lot of friends in that city, and don't feel it's necessary to use fuel that much; friends who are not in the same city as me, need to understand what friction of distance is, and how I do not want to be like most Americans who bitch about high fuel prices, but never think twice about still driving. Of course, it's not like you're going where other vehicles aren't already going...but in a case where a friend begs me to come out and see her so often, I feel justified in saying "listen, either you come out to visit me one time, or you shut up and wait til my others friends get their turn with me." Obviously, I say it a little nicer, but the elements and general mean-what-I-say-ness is there.

 

[nivoldoog]

Because I dont want a white picket fence. Because sometimes I would rather make a new friend then see an old one. I dont plan on living to a ripe old age, and wanna get alot done before my time comes. Because there is something I havent seen but in a book or on tv. Because somepeople never leave the town they were born.

Freedom... Not having to punch a clock, working for money just so you can pay bills, fuck bills. I like to travel, see new places, meet new people.

Because if I get bored, I get introuble...

Also soon to be out of the army, 5 years of being told where to be, how to dress, and what to do/not do...

 

[CholoMcScumbag]

i jsut had to. i always wanted to since i ws a kid. i feel bogged down by things and possessions. i just needed to be free. find myself. meet people. hear stories share experiences. see the world and earn a living my way.

 

[drun_ken]

oh, and I met my boyfriend in a resort town 4 hours east of here and he moved from his hometown to come to this dump to live with me because that's how love fucking works. That's why I kept him and will always keep him.

been there done that...hell i married my road dog of 2 1/2 years...would wish yall the best but don't wanna jinx it fer ya...so ill just say....safe travels yo.....

 

[drun_ken]

Because I dont want a white picket fence. Because sometimes I would rather make a new friend then see an old one. I dont plan on living to a ripe old age, and wanna get alot done before my time comes. Because there is something I havent seen but in a book or on tv. Because somepeople never leave the town they were born.

Freedom... Not having to punch a clock, working for money just so you can pay bills, fuck bills. I like to travel, see new places, meet new people.

Because if I get bored, I get introuble...

Also soon to be out of the army, 5 years of being told where to be, how to dress, and what to do/not do...

in da army....sorry about yer bad luck....heres a few more becauses...just fer you yo.....




because all our friends are....because we can't get along with anyone...because we always wear black anyway....because we like writing circle a's on everything....because the parties are better....because we want a political reason for being on welfare.....because its the coolest.....because everybody looks cool in a balaclava.....because everyone rejects us anyway....because we don't want to stand on the street coroner and sell the socialist worker for 50 (what the hell there is no cents sign on this keyboard)....because we like big boots...because the poster art is funkier...because army surplus is so cheap...because it makes spitting acceptable.....because we don't like to wash our cloths...because socialists never put fuck in their chants....because there are no bad hair days....because we are so disorganized that no one can take over the movement...because we never have to show up on time, show up well dressed, or show up at all if we don't want to...because we can scorn consumption yet still drink beer...because anyone can sing the music...because hierarchy's so much more effective when its unacknowledged... because it politicizes kleptomania...because anything can be blamed on the state...because following the recipe is boring...because we can't stick to one ideology...because its fun to beak the law...because you can dream of dying heroically if not painfully...because who can get thru das kapitol anyway...because we are easily bored...because we can glorify our poverty...because there is nothing like the adrenaline rush of jaywalking.....because the flags are so easy to make...because of noam....because jail gives you an excuse ta eat meat and watch t.v....because we are bitter and cynical...because it pisses off our parents...because we need a theory for everything...because we like our attitude problems.... because we doubt....for these and for no particular reasons at all we are anarkishts...

 

[stayhighlovelife]

The reasons why we love to travel.

:fuckoff:I was just wondering why we all do what we do what made you go scope out that train yard for the first time.what were you doing when you got that first pip in your step i think we all feel when a train rolls by.
just whatever you want to reminisce about.

 

[Tare]

The reasons why we love to travel.

Used to paint'em now i ride dem. No paper trails, Jah!

 

[tagvolatile]

Experience, taking chances, devising ways to continue. I don't really have anything holding me down, and so.
Though I'd like to build a treehouse somewhere, but until then, get an italian passport, already am a european citizen, get a place over there, save up, voyage around Europe, and then Asia, etc. Read books, write, draw, music, learn languages. First hand education. settle down here and there, and then move on again. Rove to learn.

 

[Johnny Lightspeed]

I get bored easy

 

[stanktank]

Wanderlust, trying to break the monotony of regular life. Got tired of reading about other ppl doing sweet things while I went to school for a degree that turned out to be a waste of time. Plus. I get tired of being around the same people after a while.
But what I got sick of real fast was people living through me. Everyone wants to know what it's like to do this or that and I get so fed up with being asked a million questions all the time. And every one asks the same questions. I just wanna slap em!!
Sorry...I digress.

 

[wildboy860]

I travel for a million reasons! 1st off, it's been a dream of mine to travel this way since I was a teenager. 2nd I hate working a 9~5 job, it stresses me out and I just don't need all the creature comforts to be happy in life. I have an insane thirst for adventure and excitement. I find life on the road to be easier and less stressful and more enjoyable. I like meeting new people and seeing new things every few weeks. I don't have many friends where my home base is, so I travel to see friends and make new ones. To see things from a more realistic point of view vs. seeing things the way a tourist would. Also to find a place that I might want to settle down at when I decide to stop traveling if I ever do. Traveling and living out of a backpack makes life so much more simplistic for me and makes peoples everyday problems so much more trivial, it toughens my skin and make me stronger inside and out. I love telling stories of my crazy travel adventures and my non traveling friends really enjoy hearing them. I dunno that's all I can think of for now.

 

[Wolfeyes]

I'm in the genetic wanderlust camp. I've got some kind of nomad on both sides of my family, so it only fits to wander...

 

[zapporra]

Everyone wrote good answers. I'll add that travel reminds me of the magic in life, that a shift in perspective is often more valuable than being comfortable or getting what you want. I like the freedom of doing, going where and being who i want and the respinsibility that comes with that.