Traveling without airplanes, the development of an extraordinary and poetic phenomenon for a new generation of globetrotters who married the principles of eco-sustainability and anti-consonance.

Choosing to travel without airplanes is a trend that is taking shape more and more in our time, but the concept is not so new. The American writer Jack Kerouac, in the beautiful novel “On the road”, narrated the hitchhiking trips of a group of friends on American and Mexican roads. Traveling without airplanes is a phenomenon created by the new nomads to experience the metaphor of change. The journey is seen as an existential condition, as the possibility of renewing and enriching one’s life, as a starting point.

There are many people who decide to travel without aircraft, and just as many flight companies try to devise new attractions such as stopover flights, offers free of charge that allows the visitor to stop in an intermediate location before reaching the chosen destination. This “stop” offers a second holiday within the programmed one but, for the new globetrotters, the idea remains to leave without luggage, without aircraft, without the typical organization of the tourist, and for some, it is also and above all a matter of respect for the environment.

There are many travel stories that can be read between the various blogs, and in the same way, there are many books that can help those who want to discover this new phenomenon and those who have in mind to get on the road using the possibility of traveling without aircraft. The most famous case is that of the Italian Carlo Taglia who has traveled 100,000 km around the world making his journey, a marvelous undertaking. The intrepid traveler has published a manual entitled “Vagamondo: the world tour without planes”, where introspection and curiosity, tells his travel report, and humbly dispenses the advice to address the path. How not to mention “Around the world in barcastop”, autobiographical book by Alberto Di Stefano who talks about how he managed to embark thanks to the kindness of other travelers.

Another Italian example is given by Matteo Pennacchi who, with only 500 dollars, managed to travel the world, and gave testimony to it with the beautiful book entitled “The Big Dream. Around the world without a penny in your pocket “. There are also those with courage and determination, as Claudio Impellizzeri, suffering from diabetes, has decided to transform the “journey” into a therapy and a cultural comparison. The journey is an emotion, of different languages, and of rebirth. The new travelers are against consumerism, they want to know the path, they want to face the weather conditions, they want to be in symbiosis with nature, and to be able to experience the typical poetry of trains.