DEPARTURE LOUNGE // AUTUMN 2019
journey
Published by Bonzai Media
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Editor: Melany Bendix
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Associate Editor / Designer:
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NOTE FROM THE CEO
Departure
Lounge
“The price of anything is the amount of
life you exchange for it.”
– Henry David Thoreau
Living in an “always-on” digital world,
our lives are increasingly busy. It begs the
question: what effect is this having on us
mentally, physically and even spiritually?
Professor Susan Greenfield’s book Mind
Change explores how digital technologies
affect our brains. She argues that our
technologies are not only addictive, they
are an existential threat. Makes you think,
doesn’t it?
In our Digital Detox feature (page 28)
we learn that social media has dramatically
increased our information intake – but how
much value does all this extra info add to
our lives?
We have to disconnect to reconnect
with the important things; the things that
add real value. Taking a digital detox can
be a challenge – the mere thought of a
wifi-free holiday and total “digital silence”
can induce panic and anxiety. But if we
are to avoid mental fatigue, it’s vital.
Living in the “now” means getting away
from regular routines and having new
experiences, which is why travel can be
“Taking a digital detox can
be a challenge – the mere
thought of a wifi-free
holiday can induce
panic and anxiety.
But if we’re to avoid mental
fatigue, it’s vital.”
just what the doctor ordered (page 11).
Kath Fourie tested this out and found
her zen in Zululand (page 30), while Fiona
McIntosh sailed to remote Madagascan
islands with friends to escape the
everyday hamster wheel of life (page 34).
For Melanie van Zyl, a safari in the
Okavango – connecting to nature and
navigating past hippos, elephants and
crocodiles in a dugout canoe – proved to
be the perfect antidote to digital overload
(page 36). And Janine Stephen learnt how
“travel scrubs the mind” during her time
in Olinda, Brazil (page 42).
Here’s hoping this health- and
wellness-themed edition of Sure Travel
Journey encourages you to take a break,
unplug and be present.
Happy travelling!
Assistant Editor: Rebekah Funk
Contributors: Thomas Cartwright, Samora
Chapman, Kathryn Fourie, Richard Holmes,
Natasha Johnson, Dawn Jorgensen, Fiona
McIntosh, Janine Stephen, Alan van Geysen,
Melanie van Zyl, Amy Vitale, Craig Wilson
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Martin Janse van Rensburg
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