I already mentioned the interesting blog of Collin Wreight I found while (not) packing my bags. I wondered about whether I could read it during the trip and the $1.90 book “My Exile Lifestyle” in the Kindle Store seemed to be a good and cheap way for not having to think of a quick way to convert the blog for reading on the kindle.

After having read half of the book on the flight to Miami, I wondered about my motivation to read about other peoples’ traveling experiences and whether it might impair my own desire to explore or instead widen my horizon and thereby encourage digging deeper or at least experiencing a similar experience.
I came to the latter conclusion, because I think traveling is not mainly about going to the sight one after another, which are indeed less interesting the more you already know and have seen about them.

The most interesting aspect of traveling in my opinion is what you can experience in situations, that are at least to some extent unplanned thus allowing and unbiased view on things and the flexiblity to do just what your gut tells your in that very moment or decide between very limited options. Those are the moments where it’s easy or even neccessary to get out of the comfort zone. Now you know the main reason why I usually don’t care about reserving seats on trains.