>the proximity and cheap fukking flights to all of Europe (and
>Africa!!!) makes me truly think about having my home base
>there. I'm going back in the Spring to see more...i didn't get
>to go to Porto

It sort of confuses me to see you have this very passionate, uncompromisingly activist, justice-for-all attitude on these boards (which I honestly respect and admire), while at the same time indulging in a mode of travel that's quite destructive on a local and global level, mostly to the detriment of the global South.

Do you question it at all? Make efforts to mitigate the damage?

Like, I'm almost jealous, because I have friends in Portugal that I'd love to see more often (and Lisbon *is* a great city, even though it's rapidly gentrifying), but I don't want to fly there. The rail connection is still shit and expensive, and driving is almost as bad as flying with the cars I have access to. I've even looked into boarding freighters headed for Lisbon, but that's still not cheap and even more of a hassle than trains, last time I checked.