Well? What does travel mean to you?

old hippy · 24-05-2012 01:04PM #1

Inspired by one of those "worst holiday" threads, which seemed to be verging on the xenephobic on occasion :rolleyes:

What do you enjoy most about travelling? Be it meeting people, cuisine, sightseeing, lazing on a beach (or in a bar), music, culture, letting your hair down etc?

Nothingbetter2d · 24-05-2012 01:05PM

anything that involves getting out of this sh!tty country for a bit counts as travel to me

Dudess · 24-05-2012 01:06PM

Being in a brand new place. And doing all the stuff I normally do... in a brand new place.

Funglegunk · 24-05-2012 01:06PM

It's all about the food and drink for me.

old hippy · 24-05-2012 01:07PM

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

anything that involves getting out of this sh!tty country for a bit counts as travel to me

I still recommend people to our shores, even after 13 years out of it! a friend of ours travelled all the way from Tokyo just to try a pint of Guinness in Mulligans!

For her, it was a quest for the perfect pint.

Dravokivich · 24-05-2012 01:08PM

Pillaging.

Dudess · 24-05-2012 01:09PM

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

anything that involves getting out of this sh!tty country for a bit counts as travel to me

Leaving the country in which you reside, for any period of time, would constitute travel, yes.

Jester252 · 24-05-2012 01:09PM

I love meeting the locals most if the time they are the nices people to meet

IrishAm · 24-05-2012 01:11PM

Meet new people, enjoy their cuisine and local beverages. See the sights and try and learn a bit of the local history.

I am always on my best behaviour when I travel for some reason. Never act the bollix when gargled up, dunno why.

Fr_Dougal · 24-05-2012 01:22PM

Going to a foreign country, eating McDonalds non-stop, only drinking in Irish bars, wearing my GAA jersey and being known by my County instead of my name.

But I love to travel.

bigSuzi12 · 24-05-2012 01:23PM

Solitude, being away from everyone, like out in the desert in Arizona or Canadian wilderness, just me and my thoughts.

Duggy747 · 24-05-2012 01:24PM

Complain about all the foreigners there seems to be.

Seachmall · 24-05-2012 01:24PM

Shopping, eating, drinking and meeting people.

Hande hoche! · 24-05-2012 01:25PM

The change of scenery.

SunnyDub1 · 24-05-2012 01:25PM

Sun,sea, food, drink and banter

Hectorx · 24-05-2012 01:28PM

old hippy wrote: »

What do you enjoy most about travelling? ?

i love listening to my ipod and just relaxing

24-05-2012 01:37PM

It means a lot.. Mainly the people, the culture and then the craic. I'm lucky now that I get that while earning a wage.

preddy · 24-05-2012 01:43PM

Getting back home.

*Clips red shoes together

forfuxsake · 24-05-2012 01:44PM

titz

starlit · 24-05-2012 01:59PM

I enjoy the sight seeing, being in a new and different place, exploring a different culture and environment/atmosphere as well as seeing something new and something spectacular like something famous and change of scenery! Relax and enjoy the sights while having a bit of fun too!

Where To · 24-05-2012 02:01PM

I don't go anywhere unless I get paid for it.

I love travelling.

Shryke · 24-05-2012 02:10PM

The scenery and weather. The different pace of life and culture is what's really great though. It gives me a real sense of freedom to know there are other places that are very different to our own and a lot of them are really wonderful.

Kev_2012 · 24-05-2012 02:16PM

SUN, SEA, SEX, SAND, BOOZE, SEX, MINGE, FANNY AND TITS.

fishy fishy · 24-05-2012 02:18PM

every year (or sometimes twice per year) I thank my lucky stars that

a. I am still healthy enough to be able to travel

b. I am still able to fund my traveling because of work. I really don't want to think of the day that my job is gone.

I love the last week build up to the actual travel day - this is nearly as exciting as the trip away, thinking about what you are going to be doing etc, and purchasing last minute summer wear, getting waxed, pampered etc.

Not too mad on the plane journey, but once there I just love the feeling of "i should be working but instead here I am swimming, snorkeling, sightseeing, etc.

I think holidays should be mandatory for everyone in ireland - for one its a known fact that lack of sunshine can bring on depression. Put that with the depressed economy and its a recipe for disaster.

It should be one of the top priorities of the numpties in Government to take car of their people (not just themselves) and provide a grant for everybody to be able to get some sort of break from the terror they inflict on us, by sending them for a few days in the sun.

Sykk · 24-05-2012 02:32PM

I'll tell you what travel doesn't mean to me.

All the clowns in Australia I know that get thrashed every night, eating tayto in scruffy murphies and drinking pints of magners, while living in a hostel with 20 other Irish people aren't travelling. Even though they say they are.

Ruralyoke · 24-05-2012 02:40PM

old hippy wrote: »

What do you enjoy most about travelling? Be it meeting people, cuisine, sightseeing, lazing on a beach (or in a bar), music, culture, letting your hair down etc?

All of the above. Some in moderation e.g. not too much lazing but not overly active either.

Love a change of scenery/routine!

Duggy747 · 24-05-2012 02:44PM

Sykk wrote: »

I'll tell you what travel doesn't mean to me.

All the clowns in Australia I know that get thrashed every night, eating tayto in scruffy murphies and drinking pints of magners, while living in a hostel with 20 other Irish people aren't travelling. Even though they say they are.

It's life experience so they can use it to win arguments that have nothing to do with Australia.

Them: "Yea, well, when I was travelling in Australia......blah-de-blah..........so there!!"
You: "The hell has that got to do with who's cheaper, Lidl or Aldi?"

Lionel Messy · 24-05-2012 02:45PM

I love how different everything is. You can read up on a place as much as you want but you know f.uck all about a place untill you are there.

BraziliaNZ · 24-05-2012 02:46PM

I love going somewhere quare as much as the next man, and without putting you all to sleep, I've spent many years backpacking around various corners of the Earth. I'm happy enough now though to have a few weeks a year somewhere warm, I think I'm over the cultural immersion thing to a certain extent.
Anyway I briefly tried online dating once and the amount of people rabbiting on about how they've been here and there and they're "not finished just yet!!!" when it comes to travelling was incredibly boring, would instantly make me skip the profile. Is that weird of me?

BraziliaNZ · 24-05-2012 02:47PM

Sykk wrote: »

I'll tell you what travel doesn't mean to me.

All the clowns in Australia I know that get thrashed every night, eating tayto in scruffy murphies and drinking pints of magners, while living in a hostel with 20 other Irish people aren't travelling. Even though they say they are.

Either way I bet they're having great craic. What should they be doing down there anyway, soaking up the Aussie culture? What's that then... pies? Aussie rules?

ScumLord · 24-05-2012 02:52PM

I like looking at infrastructure, I find the new stuff as fascinating as the old stuff. I even like taking part in logical transportation systems like those found just about everywhere else in Europe.

Well? What does travel mean to you?

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