I don’t understand. I’m getting mad about travel. Or maybe it’s just plain impulse. Booking promo fares manila-davao, davao-zambo sure emptied my pockets but certainly left me with an afterglow knowing that months from now I will be seeing beautiful cities and beautiful people.
I have self-diagnosed this affliction (nooo! disregard the negative connotation, i’d rather call it a mania) to be Travel OCD-ADHD (quite a mouthful!). It is this inability to focus at work because of the distraction brought about by online promo fares. It is the everyday short attention span manifested by the injection of seemingly urgent travel plans into every possible conversation (as if it’s a matter of life and death). It is the inexplicable giddiness even after a 3-hr night of sleep due to travelblog-reading (or blogger-stalking). It is the obsession for all things travel and the compulsion to plot out the perfect route, the perfect itinerary, the perfect weekend getaway.
I have this strange logic that although I’m very impulsive, I’m still being frugal. Promo fare or not, the opportunity to travel is always a good investment.
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| Puerto Galera. 2009 |
Years shall pass and it will be something to look back on and be thankful and proud of. It’ll be be an intangible heirloom to be passed on to future children and grandchildren. It’ll be a great big earthy storybook filled with tales of smiles, sunsets, sand, surf, moutains, caves and rapids. I’ll be an awesome documentary of adventures and mishaps, of unfortunate deals and of genuine hospitality.
It’ll be an epic with chapters yet to be written. 🙂
Throw Caution to the Wind 
“travel is always a good investment” – exactly! For every shiny trinket or gadget we could waste money on, there is an immortal experience laying out there somewhere for the same price, or less.
yes! now I ignore the occasional gadget drool and set aside the money for the places I want to see. haha. Thanks for dropping by! 🙂
i can relate. hehehe fortunately for me, ive passed that point and can now control the urge of manic online booking during seat sales. 🙂
good luck! hehehe
haha. yes, I get a rush during seat sales. and my fingers gain a mind of their own. good for you, you can control yourself. thanks for dropping by, happy sole! 🙂
Travel is really an investment,although i can say na ngayon, medyo kontrolado ko na rin yung pag-book ko kapag promo fares. More on bus trips na ngayon gusto ko hehe 😀
hi mica! 🙂 oo, bet din ang bus trips. sight-seeing along the way dba? nakakapanic kasi pag may promo fares. my fingers assume a life of their own. haha