Why I Love Road Travels
I love road travels. Especially to a foreign land or another country, even if air travel is available.
I have four good reasons:
1. I can see the environment, the landmarks, the architecture, the natural surroundings, the modes of land transportation, and the people, sometimes even some surprising events, like a feast of a diety with a street parade, or a street dance by kids in a sidewalk. Or the rising or setting sun by the far horizon.
2. I love sightseeing. And the best way to see the sights is by traveling by land.
3. It gives me time to think - about a lot of things - in a relaxed way. Even when I am just in the city, in a cab or a bus, my mind drifts away. I get to think of the things that I need to do, or remember what I should be doing when I get back home. Sometimes I ever remember where some of my lost things are. And this time to think is basically just passing time. Can't do much in a bus or a cab, or jeepney (as in the Philippines) and I get to think about things that I would not normally think about if I was at work, or at home doing...well, work.
4. The moment lasts. It is like when you eat alone and savour your food. In a road travel, I get to savour the moment, there is enough time for me to realise how beautiful a countryside is, how different a city is to another city, how awesome a night can be when all I see are lightly lit small houses by the sidewalk and the stars above it. Of course I also see the bad, which is not bad afterall. dirt and rocky roads in the countryside, cities with all kinds of traffics, poverty in the streets. But I appreciate the experience of seeing all these in my own eyes. Just by doing road travel.
5. It is much cheaper than air travel, with the added perks of 1, 2, 3 and 4.
See some scenes on the road here while I do road travels.
I have four good reasons:
1. I can see the environment, the landmarks, the architecture, the natural surroundings, the modes of land transportation, and the people, sometimes even some surprising events, like a feast of a diety with a street parade, or a street dance by kids in a sidewalk. Or the rising or setting sun by the far horizon.
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| A shot from the car, Manila to Zambales, via SCTEX |
2. I love sightseeing. And the best way to see the sights is by traveling by land.
3. It gives me time to think - about a lot of things - in a relaxed way. Even when I am just in the city, in a cab or a bus, my mind drifts away. I get to think of the things that I need to do, or remember what I should be doing when I get back home. Sometimes I ever remember where some of my lost things are. And this time to think is basically just passing time. Can't do much in a bus or a cab, or jeepney (as in the Philippines) and I get to think about things that I would not normally think about if I was at work, or at home doing...well, work.
4. The moment lasts. It is like when you eat alone and savour your food. In a road travel, I get to savour the moment, there is enough time for me to realise how beautiful a countryside is, how different a city is to another city, how awesome a night can be when all I see are lightly lit small houses by the sidewalk and the stars above it. Of course I also see the bad, which is not bad afterall. dirt and rocky roads in the countryside, cities with all kinds of traffics, poverty in the streets. But I appreciate the experience of seeing all these in my own eyes. Just by doing road travel.
5. It is much cheaper than air travel, with the added perks of 1, 2, 3 and 4.
See some scenes on the road here while I do road travels.
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