They say it's not the destination, it's the journey that's important. I
say this is often crap. Firstly I am fully aware that this saying is
meant to be taken in a figurative sense. We are talking journey in a
life sense and the importance of concentrating on milestones along the
path and not just focusing on a goal no matter what it takes to get
there blah, blah. But let's be all literal for a minute. When it comes
to journeys involving air travel the journey is for the most part best
forgotten, unless you have the means to fly in the point bit of the
aircraft (which I do not, more's the pity). Just focus on where you need
to get their and endure the bit between airports. Cattle class air
travel totally sucks. For this reason, I find one aspect of the flying
business most curious. Here I am talking about the departure gate. As
soon as the flight is called there is a mad scramble to get to the front
of the queue and hand over the boarding pass. Why? I ask you. Seats are
allocated. There is far more leg room in the terminal and the flight
isn't going to take off without you once your luggage is loaded. Yet
people rush. I'd rather sit quietly until the queue dies down and take
advantage of every last second of mobile time time, especially if
there's free wifi
in the airport. And once on board staring out the window is my major
coping mechanism. Watching the world go becomes quite hypnotic. I pulled
myself from the trance just long enough take today's images - two from
the plane and one from the train on the way. It passes the time and
makes the journey at least a bit important ....
They say it's not the destination, it's the journey that's important. I
say this is often crap. Firstly I am fully aware that this saying is
meant to be taken in a figurative sense. We are talking journey in a
life sense and the importance of concentrating on milestones along the
path and not just focusing on a goal no matter what it takes to get
there blah, blah. But let's be all literal for a minute. When it comes
to journeys involving air travel the journey is for the most part best
forgotten, unless you have the means to fly in the point bit of the
aircraft (which I do not, more's the pity). Just focus on where you need
to get their and endure the bit between airports. Cattle class air
travel totally sucks. For this reason, I find one aspect of the flying
business most curious. Here I am talking about the departure gate. As
soon as the flight is called there is a mad scramble to get to the front
of the queue and hand over the boarding pass. Why? I ask you. Seats are
allocated. There is far more leg room in the terminal and the flight
isn't going to take off without you once your luggage is loaded. Yet
people rush. I'd rather sit quietly until the queue dies down and take
advantage of every last second of mobile time time, especially if
there's free wifi
in the airport. And once on board staring out the window is my major
coping mechanism. Watching the world go becomes quite hypnotic. I pulled
myself from the trance just long enough take today's images - two from
the plane and one from the train on the way. It passes the time and
makes the journey at least a bit important ....
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