Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie

Attitude sickness? Haha. That's far cooler.

I think my mother influenced my desire to travel. Her and my father hitchhiked from the UK to India in the 70s, hanging out with Bulgarian gypsies and travelling across Afghanistan in beat up hippy camper vans along the way; and the stories she told sounded exciting and exotic. So when I finally had a little money saved up I wanted to have similar experiences.