{"id":6525,"date":"2024-03-13T02:21:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T01:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.streetpepper.de\/worldtravel\/?p=6525"},"modified":"2024-05-01T22:10:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:10:15","slug":"traveling-as-an-achievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streetpepper.de\/worldtravel\/2024\/03\/13\/traveling-as-an-achievement\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling as an achievement?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are achievements something worth striving for? Is travelling something like an achievement, something like a consumer good or why do we travel?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Can travelling be just another form of pointless consumption?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To start with, New Zealand is great, beautiful, amazing, gorgeous. It’s not going to be the country of my dreams, but it’s simply a beautiful country. We can communicate, even if it sometimes takes a second attempt with the special slang of the New Zealanders. There is an abundance of food. At least when there are shops. Some stretches are very lonely and we plan 3-4 days without any further opportunities for travelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The roads wind through and over the mountains. The glacial lakes are ice-blue in colour and immediately cast a spell over everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vegetation changes over short distances and there are always these free camping spots with toilets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These exceptionally clear, dark skies. You can find all this wonderful<\/em> views of the night sky with millions of stars. Unfortunately, we mostly have only a short glance because it is too cold for our clothing already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had hoped for more respect on the roads and unfortunately this ruins a lot of our positive feelings for this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are not the kind of people who drive our bicycles around, we use them as a means of transport, not as a piece of sports equipment and not as a means of achieving success. New Zealanders drive their bicycles around a lot. In no other country have I seen so many bicycles attached to cars as here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We want to feel the wind (well, sometimes from behind would be nice :-)), smell the landscapes, wake up to birdsong and stop when a boring bird sits on the side of the road and bring it back to the safety of the undergrowth.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We want to stop at a boring stream to watch the water as it meanders through the landscape. And we want to take breaks whenever we feel like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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