Travel for the Over 30s

One of the weird things living in Internet-land is that most people live in the Northern Hemisphere - so right about now they is lot of chat about spring and finding a sunny beach hotel for their upcoming holidays - or vacations if they are in North America.

Now I understand the desire -  my home doesn’t get that much sun in the winters either - or in the summer sometimes! But its weird now that I live on arguably one of the best beaches in the world Scarborough Beach, Perth - where do  I go on holiday? Well let’s face it I am not travelling for sand and surf - got that all just down the road! I don’t need to be holiday - I can just pop down after work for an hour or so!

I guess the point is that we travel to have what  we haven’t got - I’ve gotta say that as usual as humans we want what we can’t have. I would love to get to Europe again: mainly because I have forgotten what history and culture are living in Western Australia! I’d love to check out some of the castle hostels in Germany or maybe a Jumbo Jet hostel in Sweden.

As it is I am far more likely to catch a quick flight up to Asia - where the beaches are excellent and  food good and cheap. The next trip is going to be up the coast in Western Australia to swim with whale sharks, which is a whole lot different! And what do the local newspapers promote  to tempt West Australians to travel: ski holidays in Japan and New Zealand this week!

Trackback URI | Comments RSS