Well said.
I have seen a lot of guys (usually bikers, sorry to say!) who make huge trips in very little time. People don't always have a choice of course. Not everybody can just do a long time without working.
Next to the experience, it may also be good to note that a roadtrip does not become three times as expensive when you take three times as much time. Of course, this depends a bit. If you are in Europe with expensive hotels and food, then it is probably true.
But for a lot of big trips outside the Western world, the main costs are fuel and visas or other organizational stuff. I have seen people do the same trip as we did, they did it in 3 months and we did it in 12 months. I have been calculating it, and with all the free or cheap camping, I don't that we have paid much more.
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