When was the last time you questioned what you’re doing? Why am I searching for a low air fare? Why am I even getting on this plane in the first place? and why, in fact, am I even traveling?
The reality of travel seldom matches our daydreams. The tragi-comic disappointments are well-known: the disorientation, the mid-afternoon despair, the lethargy before ancient ruins. And yet the reasons behind such disappointments are rarely explored.
When we board that plane or get that visa stamped, we are instantly reminded that we are fundamentally free beings. We are free to go where we want and do what we want.
The Art of Travel is a philosophical look at the ubiquitous but peculiar activity of travelling ‘for pleasure’, with thoughts on airports, landscapes, museums, holiday romances, photographs, exotic carpets and the contents of hotel mini-bars. The book mixes personal thought with insights drawn from some of the great figures of the past.
Discover your own travel philisophy, or read some of the greats.
Recommended reading:
Alain de Botton – The Art of Travel
Humphry Davey – Consolations In Travel Or, The Last Days Of A Philosopher
Jacob M. Held – Dr Seuss and Philosophy: Oh, the Thinks You Can Think
Paul Theroux – The Tao Of Travel
Jeffrey Alan Melton – Mark Twain, Travel Books, and Tourism
Slipstream Travel Diaries 