Enjoyed this Mark,

You nailed it re my traveling of late. I wonder too if its an age related phenom.

My traveling days are pretty much gone, money- zip, and the travel blues. Gone are the days when you'd be treated to an extra smile. When traveling was perhaps considered a higher form of movement as dangerous as it may be of me to say that. Its the point that matters because its true. Flying used to come packaged in respect, no longer!

Red tapes at borders, incredible, and regardless of thier bottom line usefullnessor uselessness! These stops are such a frustration. "Where are you going? Why? Who's that with you?, You sure don't look Guatemalan? On and on.

Just got too much. Nope, for me its seeing it all on netflix...

Loved your writing too.

T