is this the real life ?

or is this fantasy?

Holidays have long been thought of as an escape from "real life", a temporary respite from the world of work and the humdrum.

But that's changed.

On return from a foreign holiday I realised that it's normal life that is the fantasy.  Away in Jamaica, we talked to strangers, felt the sun above and stones below, swam, crammed into sweaty route buses and  used all our senses. Coming home, the virtual world took over. I'm on the computer now, writing into the ether. Facebook, email, mobile phones. They're all unreal, with cyphers on the other end of the signal. I'm isolated by communication technology, not linked.

The idea of an internet cold turkey is becoming attractive.