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Exotic foreign holidays
Are great to look back on
When your life's returned to normal
And your dysentery has gone.
Getting there is stressful
You just cannot relax
With overbooking problems
And the excess baggage tax.
At journey's end you're faced with
Dirt, disease and flies,
As scenes of abject poverty
Assault your sheltered eyes.
Though you are on holiday
Your problems never end:
How much money should you keep?
How much should you spend?
Your journey home again
Is also very fraught
As you try to fit in
The unwanted gifts you've bought.
But when you view your pictures,
Or your slides upon the screen
You really do appreciate
The places that you've seen.
So instead of going on holiday
How much simpler it would be
To hire some travel videos
And watch them on TV.
March 1990
