10 things to deepen your experience of travel

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One of the most common dating profile crimes is the statement “I like to travel.” It is one of the most vapid possible characteristics you can read in a bio on a dating site. It tells you exactly nothing about the person. “I like travel” truly means “I am willing to let you project your preferences upon me.” I’ve become increasingly disenchanted with travel. I thought it was a way to open my mind, to bring myself out of my funk, to try new things and be delighted by the novelty of new cultures and the world. But lately, I’ve found travel to be unsatisfying. Some of it might be the form factor, where I can at most take a week to go explore a new place. Some of it might be the commercialization of travel experiences post-pandemic, where everything has become expensive. Some of it may be the feeling that travel is just supposed to be frenetic hedonism in between drudgery. But the real reason I’ve become disenchanted with travel for travel’s sake is that it does a poor job of teaching me s

“God speed! Pilgrims Setting out for Canterbury” George Henry Boughton One of the most common dating profile crimes is the statement “I like to travel.” It is one of the most vapid possible characteristics you can read in a bio on a dating site. It tells you exactly nothing about the person. “I like travel” truly means “I am willing to let you project your preferences upon me.” I’ve become increasingly disenchanted with travel. I thought it was a way to open my mind, to bring myself out of my funk, to try new things and be delighted by the novelty of new cultures and the world. But lately,…

10 things to deepen your experience of travel

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