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It’s funny how ‘the collective consciousness’ works

Dec 29, 2012 Letters

 
DEAR EDITOR,
It’s funny how ‘the collective consciousness’ works.  Having, over the Christmas period, shared a humorous 1980s travel experience with my family, I read Mr. Bisram’s letter about travel and its effects on individuals.  (Incidentally, recently declassified, released papers – presumably under the ’30 year rule’ – about the 1982 Falklands/UK hostilities give an intriguing insight into the USA/British attitude on that particular scenario).
My memorable experience, which my family found very amusing, happened in Turkey, while travelling from Ismirli airport to Kushadasi, roughly 83 miles away. With a coach of about 60 holidaymakers, we had to drop people off at different hotels along the coast, Kushadasi being the last stop.
Came nightfall, bleary-eyed and tired, we suddenly became aware of a lovely fresh breeze, a strong smell of the sea and the sound of waves. The co-driver opened his door and started to run. Then there was a crunch, crunch, waves lapping louder, and, with a shock, we realised the coach was on the beach, heading for the sea – the driver had taken the wrong turn!
We offered to push the coach backwards, while the driver reversed. The passengers were furious at first with the co-driver for ‘deserting the sinking coach’ but we eventually saw the funny side and had a hearty laugh.
Yes, I agree, foreign travel is one of the best medicines for a fulfilled life: one is afforded the opportunity of seeing and hearing how the other half lives.  Perhaps one day the ‘Guyaspora’ will start a ‘travelgia’ along the lines of Godfrey Chin’s ‘Nostalgias’.
As a lone elderly female holidaymaker, I have seen many things from a different perspective, my worst experience – in the early 1990s – being in Luxor, at about 1.30 am while reading in bed in my hotel, a stone’s throw away from the Valley of the Kings.  Fortunately, I had remembered a throwaway remark by the desk clerk earlier that day about the central control of lights on each floor (one out, all out) and refused to respond to the prolonged knocking at the door when my room lights suddenly went out. The hotel night staffers were all men, and in certain cultures a woman’s age is no protection.  Crude.
I complained to the three duty clerks when the lights went on again (no response from them), to the holiday rep the next day, and in writing to the travel agents when I returned to the UK.
Geralda Dennison

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