BMJ  2007;335:828 (20 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.39370.454884.59

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Des Spence, general practitioner, Glasgow

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I munched on a fistful of Hula Hoops, and the Crunchie bar convulsed its last in my other hand. The police smiled as they strolled through the crowds at Heathrow—it was good to be home. We had taken a six month career break and jetted around the world. Before we knew about climate change, this was guiltless travel, with no token planting of a small tree in the garden as "carbon offsetting." We were lost in the world, long before the relentless intrusion of the internet felled the magnificent remoteness of the Asian jungles.

Huddled in rain battered bus shelters across South East Asia, we joined the ragbag of travelling Brits: lorry drivers, miners, hairdressers, and the ubiquitous Oxbridge gap year kids. We had been released from our respective social shackles, and we found camaraderie and humour. I had space to reflect. At the time I was a career obstetrician, . . . [Full text of this article]


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