The usefullness of travelling

Some American brain specialists took encephalographic readings of travelers. They found that changes of scenery and awareness of the passage of seasons through the year stimulated the rhythms of the brain, contributing to a sense of well-being and an active purpose in life. Monotonous surroundings and tedious regular ac...tivities wove patterns which produced fatigue, nervous disorders, apathy, self-disgust and violent reactions. Hardly surprising, then, that a generation cushioned from the cold by central-heating, from the heat by air-conditioning, carted in aseptic transports from one identical house or hotel to another, should feel the need for journeys of mind or body, for pep pills or tranquillizers, or for the cathartic journeys of sex, music and dance. We spend far too much time in shuttered rooms." It's a Nomad Nomad World, Bruce Chatwin from, Anatomy of Restlessness