Comments on: Friendships and long-term travel

By: Paulo Pinto

Paulo Pinto — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 05:04:32 +0000

Great point guys. As fellow long-term travelers we have also made great friends on the road while sharing a bus/train/boat rides. Other times we have taken for granted those casual encounters and regretted not exchanging contact info with travelers we might never meet again.

“People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.” – Dagobert D. Runes

Happy travels,
Paulo

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:37:23 +0000

Yes I know, we’ve kind of been slacking off on the blog lately. We’ve both been quite busy with work, and so writing updates here has been put off in favor of diving!

We have some posts planned it’s just a matter of sitting down to write them. Right now we’re back in Roatan.

By: Lilliane

Lilliane — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:20:53 +0000

Hi Kelly. Yes it make sense. You’re homesick and seeing your friends take that away so you now enjoy the travel again. :) Where are you people? No update for a long time.
Lilliane´s last blog ..Dive Malapascua

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:50:29 +0000

I’m not sure if this makes any more sense, but i guess that sometimes while traveling I get a little homesick and miss the ease and comfort of familiar friends… this can get in the way and makes it easy to overlook some of the great things about traveling, namely meeting new people. Spending a week with a bunch of old friends gave me the little boost I needed… the little reminder that they’re not going anywhere and our friendships are solid, this in turn made it easier to look at the great things our life style affords us, and appreciate the joys of traveling again.

By: Lilliane

Lilliane — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:07:56 +0000

I got you until the last part where it made you appreciate the ease of meeting people on the road. How is that?

While I haven’t done long term travel, I’ve travel a bit and met a number of travelers, so I understand how it can be tiring to start the same conversation over and over…
Lilliane´s last blog ..Dive Malapascua

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:59:21 +0000

Right there with you! Luckily we’ve had a few friends come over to Europe and we’ve made special trips to meet them – we even drove from Ireland to Italy and skipped hiking season in the Alps to meet up with some mates! Having said that I also cherish the genuine friendships we’ve made on the road. It’s such a tough issue and one that I don’t have an answer to – if you think of a solution please let me know :)
Katherine´s last blog ..Bath- Third Time’s the Charm

By: lainie

lainie — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:50:59 +0000

Friendships become more intense when you are on the road, and goodbyes don’t get easier. The ones you’ve left behind are our constants, and we too, are grateful for them. Thank you for the great post, and super happy I stumbled upon your site.
lainie´s last blog ..Living Goodbyes

By: Ant Stone

Ant Stone — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:32:37 +0000

Some great points, not least the mock-conversation. It does get tedious after a while. Must have been great to catch up with everyone, hope you didn’t upstage the bride and groom with tales from far and away.