"Lennart Petersen" wrote:
>
>"Alfred Molon" skrev i meddelandet
>news:MPG.1fbfb6dd1a86647398b1f2@news.supernews.com...
>In article <1163191891.266632.252870@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, Afen
>Toe says...
>> http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,26016-2440172,00.html
>
>GRAND TOTAL £812.70
>
>It would have been cheaper, much cheaper flying.
>.................
>It's not a matter of travelling point to point.
>The experience of travelling overland itself justifies a higher price.
>
It also depends on what you mean by "cheaper". Concern about the
environmental cost of air travel was a motivator for choosing the
overland option.
On the matter of personal finances, the option of selling a trip
report to a major newspaper probably would not have existed had she
chosen to fly.
--
PB
The return address has been MUNGED
My travel writing: http://www.iol.ie/~draoi/ |