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What a Swedish hut taught me about how others travel
One person’s dream holiday can be another’s hardship tour.
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Travel means different things for different people. And they could even mean different things to the same people.
PHOTO: LIM AI LEEN
Lim Ai Leen
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The world is divided into two types of travellers. Those who think a rustic cabin in the forest is charming, and those who take one look at it and run for the hills, where a posh hotel awaits.
This is what I told myself during my visit to Grinda, one of the over 24,000 islands in the Stockholm archipelago. It was late May and I was midway through my solo jaunt to the Swedish capital to see some friends, eat some open-faced sandwiches and hike some trails.
