Travelling is a privilege

Travelling is a privilege and it should remain one. I don't mean to say not everybody has the right to travel. But looking back at the time the happy few started travelling for pleasure, the time of the Great Continental Railway Journeys, we have come a too long way.

Now, too many people travel too far without solid reason or motivation. It is not funny anymore. On the highways, you end up in traffic jams, worse than any traffic jam in the working months. In the airports, you stand queues for ages, and hope nothing goes wrong with the ticket computer. At the monuments, you may also have to queue to obtain a ticket or a terrible lunch for your kids. Why do we all need to see Australia? We hardly know the good places in our own towns, let alone the history. Travelling in the summer months is becoming a nightmare. Let us please stay at home.

Who should travel then? Of course, the ones who really need it for their work. Secondly, those who really deserve travelling. They have worked hard and are prepared to pay their expensive trip. These can't be spoiled youngsters without any working record. Neither can it be people who have already had a good life in wintertime, without contributing to society (to the extent possible). Let us make travelling a little more for the happy few, like it was in the old days. This is good for the environment; it is good for the travelers and it is good for the ones who should learn to live with a little bit less. Don't consider this blog as a total rupture with my earlier demonstrated social concern.

I would rather refer to earlier green blogs heat, Durban and love miles.