Anyone Like Beaches And Castles?

yes. castle ruins, all ruins. beach combing beaches with high tide treasure! I love to be on a train and to fly in a plane but the train and plane in and of themselves do not interest me as much.

Planes.... I like the idea of flying in an older small plane which I have never done, but the thought that if things went wrong one would simply glide back down to earth, but the whole process of flying on a large plane from trying to negotiate complicated and stressful airport parking to trying to work out the terminals and the customs and even the complexities of filling out passport forms (I never was able to get past this stage) and the thought of being crammed in with hundreds of people and not being allowed to open a window for air. It put me off wanting to ever fly by plane. If I go abroad I will find someone with a boat who can take me so I don't have to do those complicated passport forms or all the other stresses involved. 

If I could avoid the stresses of the airport side of things and just go on a small plane I believe I will be fine!

I accidently reported my own post in wanting to edit this. Oops!

I understand. The getting to and from the airport is and the international falderol can be trying. I use uber for the to and fro, or wheel my stuff to the metro, BART, under group etc,  which is usually clearly marked and close by. the paperwork - right- its a drag. I try to get someone to help me with it.

     When I traveled more often as a presenter I would have a "handler". They took care of all that. when I had to do it on my own it always got messy and I had to sleep on the hard seats in departure areas more than once for some stupid oversight. 

      As for the flying: I can't say why but I get ecstatic when the wheels leave the tarmac and my life is in the hands of a small crew and some handware I don't understand. I normally love to be in control, believe in situational awareness, but on a plane I am free from it all and I have to completely surrender to the unknown. It is the same in the metro, a train or bus. I can't explain it rationally. Normally I want all the facts to minimize the "unknown". I can drive but I meltdown easily when things get unpredictable.

   Taking the red eye, I can and arrive in the early morning to give myself all that extra time I need as everyone streams past me. I can relax and study my map and take it slow to get to the next palce and the next.

    I live on an island and here we have some small cesna  airplanes that fly interisland. they seat 10 and are a blast. they fly low and everything below looks like google maps. 

   I always ask for early boarding and am in my seat with everything stowed away, my NC headphones and sunglasses on as others pile in after me.  

Getting an aisle seat always makes the ride feel spacious. I panic in the window and middle seats. Getting up and walking the aisles when the seat belt sign is off also helps. Red eyes are great because everyone sleeps through the whole thing. No drama.

I understand. The getting to and from the airport is and the international falderol can be trying. I use uber for the to and fro, or wheel my stuff to the metro, BART, under group etc,  which is usually clearly marked and close by. the paperwork - right- its a drag. I try to get someone to help me with it.

     When I traveled more often as a presenter I would have a "handler". They took care of all that. when I had to do it on my own it always got messy and I had to sleep on the hard seats in departure areas more than once for some stupid oversight. 

      As for the flying: I can't say why but I get ecstatic when the wheels leave the tarmac and my life is in the hands of a small crew and some handware I don't understand. I normally love to be in control, believe in situational awareness, but on a plane I am free from it all and I have to completely surrender to the unknown. It is the same in the metro, a train or bus. I can't explain it rationally. Normally I want all the facts to minimize the "unknown". I can drive but I meltdown easily when things get unpredictable.

   Taking the red eye, I can and arrive in the early morning to give myself all that extra time I need as everyone streams past me. I can relax and study my map and take it slow to get to the next palce and the next.

    I live on an island and here we have some small cesna  airplanes that fly interisland. they seat 10 and are a blast. they fly low and everything below looks like google maps. 

   I always ask for early boarding and am in my seat with everything stowed away, my NC headphones and sunglasses on as others pile in after me.  

Getting an aisle seat always makes the ride feel spacious. I panic in the window and middle seats. Getting up and walking the aisles when the seat belt sign is off also helps. Red eyes are great because everyone sleeps through the whole thing. No drama.