Virtual Travelling for the Rooted Hobo
What A Year for Travel!
In 2008, I climbed North America’s highest mountains, rolled down powder puff snow like a bear cub, swam in pristine lakes, sunbathed on the best beaches, met some of my heroes, encountered some wonderful animals, and socialised with Sasquatches.
That last one might have alerted you to the fact that it was no ordinary travel; in fact, my body never left the UK.
The travelling was all in my mind: virtual travel, that was nevertheless enjoyable.
With the world in the grip of a global recession and growing worries about human impact on the environment, there has never been a better time to travel virtually.
Virtual travel is attractive for other reasons, too. On my virtual journeys, I could access any part of extraordinarily beautiful parks that I’d never even heard of before, such as the Nahanni National Park in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Cold lakes weren’t off limits, and traveling vast distances could be accomplished with a little shape-shifting.
I didn’t need a visa, and I didn’t worry about losing my stuff or running out of money.
I could relax while mentally climbing the highest mountains, running through cool forests, swimming in the most pristine lakes and seas, meeting strange animals and mythical creatures.