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The Call of the Open Road
There is something mysterious about a road that disappears beyond the horizon. We may not know where it leads. We may not know whom we will meet, what difficulties we will face, or what version of ourselves will return. Yet something within us remains attracted to that uncertainty. From the earliest human migrations to the journeys of modern travelers, human beings have repeatedly crossed mountains, rivers, deserts, forests, seas, and political boundaries in search of food, safety, knowledge, opportunity, trade, adventure, or simply a different view of the world.
Travel is therefore much older than tourism. A tourist may visit a place and collect photographs. A traveler may visit the same place and collect questions. A tourist may ask what a place has to offer. A traveler may ask what the place can teach. The difference is not necessarily distance, money, comfort, or the number of countries stamped in a passport. It is a difference in attitude. This book begins with that attitude.
The Call of the Open Road is not intended to be a conventional travel guide. It does not tell the reader which hotel to book, which restaurant to visit, or which destination should appear on a holiday itinerary. Its concern is deeper: What happens to the human mind when it travels?
Travel is therefore much older than tourism. A tourist may visit a place and collect photographs. A traveler may visit the same place and collect questions. A tourist may ask what a place has to offer. A traveler may ask what the place can teach. The difference is not necessarily distance, money, comfort, or the number of countries stamped in a passport. It is a difference in attitude. This book begins with that attitude.
The Call of the Open Road is not intended to be a conventional travel guide. It does not tell the reader which hotel to book, which restaurant to visit, or which destination should appear on a holiday itinerary. Its concern is deeper: What happens to the human mind when it travels?
