So pack your bags and go on your travels before it is too late. There are still vast tracts of the world which beg to be visited; and travel will give you a wealth of experience and pleasure which can be drawn on the rest of your life — a wealth, furthermore, which no government can ever take away. If the very worst happens and you are miserable on your travels (unlikely), at least you will have learnt to appreciate your own country. I have never regretted visiting a single country (though three days in Dubai were enough) and I have rarely met anyone who regretted going on their travels. Our greatest disappointments are nearly always for what we haven’t done — not for what we have done. And don’t let the feeble excuse of work keep you back; remember the Haitian proverb: If work is such a good thing, how come the rich haven’t grabbed it all for themselves?