Quicker trips to the other side of the planet would murder the wonder of travel. Let me retain my epic sunsets,inky seas and little bottles of bad wineThe news that the British government is investing in a project that will slice the flight time from London to Sydney down to just four hours is a disaster for those of us who enjoy few things more than the solitude of a day’s passage to the other side of the world.There is no feeling fairly like the particular isolation that comes from taking a long flight; and, despite the peculiar hardships, or I enjoy it. That it takes only 24 hours to acquire to Australia is already a technological wonder,a deceptively fast trip that lulls the passenger into believing that the planet is a small, knowable spot.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com