Written by David Oades
No, this is not a reference to the brilliant book by Alain De Botton (Penguin Books 2003), but instead the name I have given to this article that I was asked to write for Ivan's website. I hope my thoughts on the subject of travelling may be of some use to a few of you reading this.
Firstly, what do I mean by travelling? I often wonder about that myself. Surely anybody who moves from one location to another is travelling? Be that within the British Isles, the numerous Greek and Spanish resorts that cater for those on package holidays, or those who venture further a field to the more 'adventurous' locations that you wont find readily advertised or promoted as a tourist destination.
In this article, I am going to talk about travelling in the kind of places that you are unlikely to see advertised in the High Street Travel Agent window. Primarily I will be referring to countries in South and Central America, Africa, the Middle-East, and Asia.
I don't claim to be an expert on this subject, but have been fortunate enough to have travelled in 33 countries on these continents so far, so hope my thoughts and experiences may be of some use.
