Mobissimo

Any traveler knows the litany of things about traveling that kill the buzz after a while.  Strange food, strange sanitation, the pack of Ozzies that seems to be following you to every destination.  Well, you may hate it now, but when you get back home, go back to the 9 to 5, you'll realize sitting on that crowded bus in Vientiane with all those chickens was actually pretty darn cool.  More here via Brave New Traveler.

When you travel for more than a few months at a stretch, it becomes a job. A job you don’t really like all the time. A job you start to complain about.

I should know - while skipping around the world for a year, I did a lot less skipping than I did budgeting, reading transportation timetables, and gesturing wildly to unsympathetic street vendors.

But eventually the journey ends, you return to your normal life, and something magical happens: you find yourself wanting that old job back, warts and all.

Here are ten things I couldn’t stand then, but am pining for now.