Ben Groundwater reminded us that travelling was not always smooth and pleasant. But if you look back at your travel experiences, you will almost always forget about the little hiccups along the way. Ben suggested that people would 'automatically dump all the bad bits and just remember the good times'.
I do agree with Ben's view that travel can never be as perfect as we plan to be. In fact, sometimes all those little hiccups in our trips are the best parts of our travel experience. They are the bits and pieces that make our trip special.
It is true that we always only remember the best parts of our trips but we never know why. The title of the article was very successful in catching readers’ attention and making them read through the whole passage to find out the reason.
Apart from his achievement of climbing up a live volcano, Ben also listed other common examples of bad travel experiences, such as the endless waits for public transport, or being misled by photos on hotels’ website. Quoting examples which everyone would have encountered makes it easier for readers to understand his point of view.
Towards the end of the article, Ben asked a lot of questions and it appeared that he did not have an answer for why people forget the part that sucks. In fact, he put the answer in the very last line of his passage. I guess no one can agree less with his conclusion - 'it's [holiday] better than being at work'.
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