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The age of the internet and cellphones has ripped the soul out of travel. It has reduced the unknown to the mundane and made the trials of uncertainty as tame as the trials of using the toilet. Worst case scenario is there is no paper or you might have to use a plunger. Chances are, with travel insurance and e-concierge, that this is not even the case, worst case scenario is that the plumber is waiting outside to hand you paper or plunge for you.

There is no longer an uncertainty for most travelers. There is no between state except for being between booked transport, booked accommodation, booked activities, and booked returns to booked lives. This is incredibly sad.

Just as our adolescent populations are struggling with the lack of a rite of passage to tell them that they are no longer children, another rite of passage has all but disappeared. For travel and the uncertainties associated with it, has always been a way that youth could prove itself capable of handling the hardships of adulthood. Somehow that doesn’t seem to hold true when there is a permanent cell phone link between the child and parent and as soon as hardship arises, a press of the button brings the help from home.
And this brings me closer to what this book is about. This book is about the traveler that doesn’t want all of that. This book is about the traveler that is between states. This book is about the kind of travel that brings a better understanding of who one is.

And I can tell you from experience that while all the modern conveniences have contributed to the possibilities available, they have also made it hard as hell to do.