Do you also have the idea that when you retire, you can travel everywhere, see the scenery of the world, experience different cultures, and enjoy the fun of life? Do you also think that travel is a good way to relax, increase knowledge and enrich life? Do you also expect that travel can bring you countless memories, countless surprises, and countless happiness?
If you have such thoughts, then you may be disappointed. Because that's the kind of person I am, meyears old, retired and traveledyears, but I'm going to tell you the truth:Don't travel around after the year, it's too boring.
You might think I'm joking, or I'm a weirdo, or I'm a loser. You may be thinking, how can travel be boring? Isn't tourism a treat? Isn't tourism a pursuit? Isn't tourism a dream?
I'm not joking, I'm not a weirdo, and I'm not a loser. I am a normal person, an ordinary person, a person who has the same thoughts and dreams as you. I also used to look forward to traveling, I used to enjoy traveling, and I used to pursue travel. However, it passedyears of travel, I discoveredA brutal truth, a fact that disappointed me, a fact that made me completely change the way I think about travel.
In the second year of retirement, my wife and I signed up for a tour group and went to **, Yunnan, Hainan and other places. We thought that this would save us worry and effort, with professional tour guides, enthusiastic tourists, and beautiful scenery waiting for us. However, we soon discovered that life in a tour group was not what we imaginedWonderful, but it is full of all kinds of difficulties and pains.
First of all, we have a lot of conflicts with the tour guide. Although the tour guide speaks sweetly, he acts harshly. He always urged us to hurry, didn't let us see the scenery for a while, didn't let us take a few more photos, didn't let us buy souvenirs. He always took us to some expensive and useless shopping stores, forced us to buy something we didn't need, and said that it was a kickback for him, and if he didn't buy it, it would affect his salary.
He always arranged some inferior hotels for us, saying that it was good value for money, but in fact it was dirty and messy, sometimes there was no hot water, no air conditioning, no internet. He always recommended us some unpalatable restaurants, saying that they were authentic specialties, but they were actually greasy repetitions, and sometimes I suspected the risk of food poisoning. He always tells us boring stories that he says are to increase our knowledge, but in fact they are all lies and sometimes incorrect statements.
The conflict between us and the tour guide is getting deeper and deeper, we are more and more dissatisfied with his service, we are more and more distrustful of his words, and we are more and more disrespectful of his authority. We started arguing with him, with him **. We feel like he's a **, a bad guy.
Secondly, we also have a lot of conflicts with tourists. Although tourists say that they are friends with their peers, they actually have their own thoughts. They are always competing for the best seats, the best rooms, the best food, the best attractions. They are always unruly, do not observe time, do not respect the environment, and do not take care of others.
They are always loud and loud, disturbing our rest, affecting our viewing and ruining our mood. They are always comparing themselves to each other, showing off their wealth, their abilities, their experiences. They always exclude each other, envy the strengths of others, find fault with others' shortcomings, and denigrate others' reputations.
We have more and more conflicts with tourists, we don't like their behavior more and more, we don't understand their mentality more and more, and we don't fit into their circle more and more. We began to argue with them, to be indifferent to them, to be alienated from them. We feel like they're a bunch of troubles, a bunch of fools.
My wife and I went on a trip to relax, enjoy life, gain knowledge, and experience different cultures and landscapes, but we found that travel brought us physical torture and spiritual emptiness.
First of all, our bodies are suffering a lot. We are not young anymore, our health is no longer good, our physical strength is insufficient, and our immunity has declined. During our journey, we often have to face all kinds of difficulties and challenges. We have to endure long bumps, the lack of oxygen on the plateau. We have to adapt to different climates, different water and soil, and different diets. We have to deal with all kinds of diseases and dangers. We may have a cold, fever, diarrhea. We may be bitten by mosquitoes and travel by car.
Our bodies have been greatly tortured, our health has been greatly damaged, and we feel that travel is a kind of tiredness, a kind of suffering, and a kind of torture.
Secondly, our hearts are also subject to a great emptiness. The heart is no longer young and innocent. During our journeys, we often have to face all kinds of boredom and disappointment. The scenery we saw, although beautiful, did not move us, did not shock us, did not amaze and nostalgia.
Our hearts are greatly emptied, our emotions are greatly neglected, and our spirits are suppressed. We feel that tourism is a boredom, a waste, and an emptiness.
We went on a trip with my wife, originally looking for a kind of happiness and satisfaction, but we found that travel brought us a kind of pain, a kind of regret and sorrow.
We realized that our tourism is actually an escape, a mistake, and a failure. We run away from our reality and make the wrong choice.
So, I'm going to tell you a sincere word: don't travel around after the age of 60, it's too boring. I'm going to give you some advice too:
Don't blindly pursue tourism, but choose the right way to travel, travel purpose, and travel effect according to your age, body, and mind.
Don't join the tour group at will, but choose the right travel life, tour group members, and tour guide according to your own personality, preferences, and values.
Don't experience travel in an empty way, but create meaningful travel experiences, travel feelings, and travel memories according to your expectations, wishes, and dreams.
Tourism is not the whole of life, tourism is just a way of life, and tourism is just an experience of life. The value and significance of tourism all lie in yourself, your mentality, your choices, and your creation.
I hope you can take some inspiration, some warnings and reflections from my story. I hope you can find your own life, your own life.
That is, travel after the age of 60 is not at all what I imagined, not at all what you imagined, not at all what most people imagined. Traveling after the age of 60 is a kind of tiredness, a kind of boredom, a kind of waste, a kind of regret, and a kind of pain.