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Wanderer
I think the age of childhood motivations has gone. With the advent of television, there is no longer 'I want to fly because when I was a child....', 'I want to do this or that because .....'
Its sad but I think its the truth and it started with my generation. The 60's and later have a lot to answer for.
However I do wonder if its just a case of rose glasses and belief in old timer's stories about their motivations.
On my childhood bedroom wall hung a map of the world with small cartoon drawings describing famous parts of the world: the pyramids, camels, whales, Empire state building and the rest. I like to think that maybe, just maybe, that was my motivation for travelling. It was a magical map and I have sinced visited many of these areas I used to dream about. I still have it rolled up somewhere. Difficult to scan but I will take a photo of it soon and include it here.
I am of the age now that I find that when someone mentions a place I cannot remember if I actually visited it or not. Does it matter, you may ask. Yes, it does to me and this is a little reminder for myself so that I do not lose the memory in some unused part of my grey matter nor in some chkdsk'ed hard disk that refuses to let go of it's secrets.
I suppose I could write all of it down, but then as I said the 60's and later have a lot to answer for :D A pen, whats that?
To be continued....