Miserable old git
Nah mate, completely the opposite thoughts here I'm afraid
My last really big trip was in 1995 and I reckon that era was just about the last time you could do a trip completely "internet free"
No blogging, no emails, no research, just kick the tyres, light the fires and goodbye Blighty - 12 months later we arrived in Cape Town, happy days. A real escape from the real world and absolutely no pressure at all
We used Poste Restante for letters which we collected every few weeks, folks at home didn't have a clue where we were and we didn't have a clue where we were going.
The Hubb obviously isn't the place to slaughter Internet research but my mind does sort of boggle at some of the information people really want before the off, and the degree of planning some think is necessary.
I know, I'm a luddite but my dear old Mum has just given me a massive envelope, stuffed full of letters written home firstly when I was in the Navy, secondly when travelling through Africa, then when living in the Middle East and finally when driving home from the Middle East in 2000 with my Dad.
I know t'internet is fantastic but old fashioned hand written letters on whatever paper was avavilable at the time are fantastically evocative of times past
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