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I've found that people vary widely in their capacity for long-term travel (not to mention their mode of locomotion, budget, interests, travel style, etc.). I've discovered that I reliably grow weary at about 11 1/2 months--almost without warning. Right around that time something which wouldn't have phased me earlier in my trip somehow looms so large that I end up heading home--an illness or injury, a minor crisis at home or a reassessment of my finances, whatever. And if I try to push it longer, I definitely get tired and grumpy, reluctant to take in anything new.
I'm mystified by people who travel with apparent pleasure for years on end, but I'm equally perplexed at those who, after one month or six, seem jaded and numb--just as I'm hitting my stride. Of course, I recognize that I'm me and that's them. As long as I time it right--again, a personal thing--I can return home happily, and after shaking off some bits of culture shock and any remnant disease or malnourishment I can resume ordinary life.
It's been working for me for many decades. What remains to be seen is whether the balance has shifted in some way while I've been limited to short (3 week) road trips during the pandemic.
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It's been working for me for many decades. What remains to be seen is whether the balance has shifted in some way while I've been limited to short (3 week) road trips during the pandemic.
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Interesting point - our longest trip during the pandemic was 5 weeks camping in Iceland (with a couple of days in NY on the way there, and a couple of weeks in the UK on the way back, because we discovered that we couldn't return via the USA, as we had outbound, owing to a ban on Schengen arrivals (despite the fact that the total number of cases in Iceland in the entire pandemic was less than the average day in NY...). We also spent 6 weeks in Patagonia, although this was for work, with travel during the first 5 days (waiting on client pandemic protocol, during the weekends, and over one long weekend). The rest of our travels has been locally, for anything from a weekend to a month.
We are definitely missing our long trips. When I reflect on Mark's point I don't think the pandemic will have changed our approach or experience on long trips, once we can embark on these again, however it is thought-provoking to wonder...
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Yes, and at this point idle speculation is all that's available--at least to me, given my levels of vulnerability and risk tolerance.
Another reason I'm wondering whether my perceptions may have changed during the past couple of years is that I've somehow grown significantly older and more fragile. Age-related health issues like this vary hugely from person to person, and mine seem to have accelerated recently. I don't want to catastrophize, but I'm trying to allow for a range of possibilities.
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