You can even laugh and groan about a seemingly awful moment together. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – In the book Bad Trips, a collection of essays by writers on eventful journeys, one of the contributors, author George Woodcock, writes: “My idea of a worst journey is conditioned by the fact that long ago, in my boyhood, I read a book on Scott’s Antarctic expedition... The book was called The Worst Journey In The World, and even now, when I think of bad journeys, that title by Apsley Cherry-Garrard echoes in my mind.
I read this years before I was married, long before I had children. But that reflection has stayed with me and coloured my outlook when that stage in life for the planning of and going on family holidays arrived.Get exclusive reports and insights with more than 500 subscriber-only articles every month
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