"and only spend a month away as opposed to the six "
That's kinda how things are heading. We're willing to spend more money on the trip but less time doing it. A culture of box-tickers.
Travelling is easier than it's ever been - credit cards accepted all over (sort of), plenty of petrol stations, the internet to tell you where to go and what to take. We're still very poor at judging real risks (hypothermia, heatstroke) and we deceive ourselves into being complacent i.e. we have a Best in Test GPS system but no idea how to use it, a top of the range waterfilter in the desert and not enough water. A reliance on gadgets and not enough batteries..etc.
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