Any mouse [Tue 18 Jul, 15:05] PST (Gumly Gumly -17) Perplexed... - (20 replies) Does this never end ? I've been to 25 countries; lived in 3. I've been round the world in one trip. I went 10 days without food in India whilst elsewhere I've eaten things I couldn't even name. I've climbed a Pyramid and walked the Great Wall. I've been shot at. I've seen the sun rise over the Taj Mahal and set from the top of Uluru. I've climbed mountains and drifted down the Nile. I've seen a 'pussy make omlette'. I'm sure I've been ripped off on five continents; but somehow I just don't care. I've discussed politics in China and religion in Jerusalem. I've passed checkpoints hidden in the back of a truck and crossed borders in the luggage compartment of a bus. I once set off an avalance but I'm not proud of that. I've haggled with the best of them, but I never got a bargain. I've slept in temples and palaces, but more often on the floor. I've had meaningful conversations with people I'll never meet again (and now I'm talking to people I'll never meet at all). I was in China before KFC but I still keep going back. I've seen people dead in the street, and I've had a few close shaves myself. So why do I still feel like I haven't even started yet ? Does the travel bug never go away ? Should I just settle down to a normal life ? Comments please from those who've done it all or others facing the same dilemma...