Comments on: Flying High and Dry http://wendimomen.com/2007/06/11/flying-high-and-dry/ Travelling Light Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:42:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Arthur http://wendimomen.com/2007/06/11/flying-high-and-dry/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Arthur Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:51:46 +0000 http://wendimomen.com/2007/06/11/flying-high-and-dry/#comment-25 Traveling is a wonderful way to develop the spiritual qualities of detachment and contentment with little. In my youth my motto was "be overly prepared", but my travel requirements have shrunk with age. Air travel in particular seems to get harder and more time-consuming, which is just as well given its high environmental impact. With fewer and fewer things that can be trusted in a security check, it will only be a matter of time before someone finds a way to make cloth explosive, and we shall all have to undress to go through security. Imagine what that would do to air travel. The other advantage of travel is its sporting quality, often combining the characteristics of the 100 meter dash, the marathon and weighlifting in a single event, not to mention requiring a good sense of orientation in unfamiliar airports and the ability to alternate great physical effort and standing in lines for extended periods. It is the one olympic event that athletes and spectators share equally. Arthur (Switzerland) Traveling is a wonderful way to develop the spiritual qualities of detachment and contentment with little. In my youth my motto was “be overly prepared”, but my travel requirements have shrunk with age. Air travel in particular seems to get harder and more time-consuming, which is just as well given its high environmental impact. With fewer and fewer things that can be trusted in a security check, it will only be a matter of time before someone finds a way to make cloth explosive, and we shall all have to undress to go through security. Imagine what that would do to air travel.

The other advantage of travel is its sporting quality, often combining the characteristics of the 100 meter dash, the marathon and weighlifting in a single event, not to mention requiring a good sense of orientation in unfamiliar airports and the ability to alternate great physical effort and standing in lines for extended periods. It is the one olympic event that athletes and spectators share equally.

Arthur (Switzerland)

]]> By: Phillipe http://wendimomen.com/2007/06/11/flying-high-and-dry/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Phillipe Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:49:17 +0000 http://wendimomen.com/2007/06/11/flying-high-and-dry/#comment-24 Welcome to the Baha'i blogging world Wendi. It's a fun place to be in. I'm including your blog in my blog roll. Looking forward to traveling with you on your various journeys. Welcome to the Baha’i blogging world Wendi. It’s a fun place to be in. I’m including your blog in my blog roll. Looking forward to traveling with you on your various journeys.

]]> By: Nicole http://wendimomen.com/2007/06/11/flying-high-and-dry/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Nicole Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:12:13 +0000 http://wendimomen.com/2007/06/11/flying-high-and-dry/#comment-21 Hi Wendy, Everything you're saying is very true. Next to the regulations on liquids, also any drugs you take with you have to go in that little plastic bag. Because of physicial problems I need a lot of medication, and am always worried that they might not accept it and throw it out: it cannot be replaced and I really need it (as opposed to the parfumes...). But they so far have never checked it or looked at it twice, although I always bring a special passport for my medication to go along with it. So, just to make sure not everyone is getting nightmares :) Nicole (the Netherlands) Hi Wendy,

Everything you’re saying is very true. Next to the regulations on liquids, also any drugs you take with you have to go in that little plastic bag. Because of physicial problems I need a lot of medication, and am always worried that they might not accept it and throw it out: it cannot be replaced and I really need it (as opposed to the parfumes…). But they so far have never checked it or looked at it twice, although I always bring a special passport for my medication to go along with it.
So, just to make sure not everyone is getting nightmares :)

Nicole (the Netherlands)

]]> By: Toby Doncaster http://wendimomen.com/2007/06/11/flying-high-and-dry/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Toby Doncaster Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:49:58 +0000 http://wendimomen.com/2007/06/11/flying-high-and-dry/#comment-20 Thanks for the tips Wendi! I've referred to your blog in a recent post. Regards, Tobbot, aka Tobstv Thanks for the tips Wendi! I’ve referred to your blog in a recent post.

Regards, Tobbot, aka Tobstv

]]> By: Barney http://wendimomen.com/2007/06/11/flying-high-and-dry/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Barney Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:51:39 +0000 http://wendimomen.com/2007/06/11/flying-high-and-dry/#comment-16 Thanks for the really helpful travel tips. I shall save this post and refer to it again when I travel. Thanks for the really helpful travel tips. I shall save this post and refer to it again when I travel.

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