Travel seems like a distant marvel in today’s world with our local public transports still running empty let alone aeroplanes and other long-commute transportations. However, that probably is the point of travel, a romance between the then and now. After all, at some point, we all end our trip or stop travelling altogether. And then we end up in this world of wanderlust and wonderment, a perfect romance. This isn’t a comparative study of wanderlust and romance among people, please don’t treat it that way. It is in fact a story, a story of love different from what you may have encountered, yet not very different. The same narrative hooks, the climax, the bitter end. Bit of a spoil there, innit? When I alighted from that bus with my mate, it was a different world out there. A world of passion, vividness! The glory of Tintern Abbey literally gave us the shock of our lives. It wasn’t the architecture or the natural beauty, but rather the transcendental nature of the elements of nature comi