(April 7, 2020 at 4:32 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Flying commercial is as boring as riding a bus.
I'd rather get stick time.
It is. But is also worse when you fear turbulence. I love destinations, I simply hate getting there, no matter if it is by plane, bus, train, or auto.
Again, the only thing about flying I hate the most, isn't the delays. When you are on the ground, you have shops and bars and restaurants to go to.
I love Australia, but just like being cooped up in a jet for 12/13 hours, I also hated being cooped up in the back seat of a car for 5 days traveling across Australia, because our host wanted to give us a tour. I loved the topography, I simply hated the confinement. I hate road trips. I like being where ever and staying in one place.
When we were out in the flats of Australia, I seriously had never seen horizons that went on forever. It was nothing but bush and flatlands, I actually enjoyed the nature of it. I simply didn't like being stuck in the back seat of a car for 9 to 12 hours per day.
Whenever you see a movie shot where the highway seems to go on forever. THAT is parts of Australia.
But there was for me, a payoff in putting up with all that. Like every nation, there are parts you love, and parts you'd rather skip.
It took us seemingly forever to get from Brisbane, WHICH I LOVE, to Yeppoon billions of miles north driving. But our host Debrah, who was doing the driving, knew I would love the seaside and ocean views of Yeppoon. And she was spot on. It sucked taking days to get there, but John and I ended up taking a sea taxi to a remote tropical island and had pina coladas, and took a glass bottom boat to look at corals and feed ocean fish. And we spotted the cutest kidna while on the island.
I hated the road trip, as much as I hate flying. But when on the ground and having the ability to stretch my legs, outside of my fear of heights, I am fine with any topography.
