why does the return seem to be faster?

I have noticed the same over the years and my best explanation is that, whether you are observing or not the road while you went for the first time, you somehow, learned it. It is not unknown anymore and we dread the unknown always. We don´t have the same feeling when we go to work, unless there´s a psychological component that also changer chronological time, such as someone ill at home or a party. Not only a watch helps us with time, but we have our own inner watch that´s a lot more powerful.

You are right in saying that. It does seem shorter coming back from somewhere. I think it has to do with that fact that we can't wait to get home, or the fact that home is our comfort zone. So, I ask this question, if thats the fact of how we feel, then why do we go away? Think about it.

I have always wondered that myself. My one daughter lives a 2 1/2 hour drive away. It always seems to take forever to get there, but the trip home seems to fly by. My thought is that when we're going TO someplace, we're busy looking for roadsigns, and on the trip back, we're more familiar of where to turn (and all that) simply because we've just been through those intersections and all. At least that's what I tell myself anyways.

For my last trip overseas the return back home seemed a lot faster than the journey out there. We flew from England to the north coast of Colombia via Madrid and Bogota. First the plane was delayed for two hours because of fog. It made us miss our connection in Madrid. With luck we got on a different airline and we arrived close to midnight in Bogota. They gave us a free hotel bed overnight but I still had to pay for our room where we should have been going. We flew on at 8 in the morning and arrived with only our hand luggage. We imagined our luggage was lost but it was just delayed. It arrived at our hotel 24 hours later. Coming home our flights linked up well but then my son's wheelchair was around at our arrival in London. Next time I will be more careful about that happening. In any trip the return flight seems quick compared with the flight out there.

I am not sure if it really is faster or not. It could be depending on the traffic. For instance, if you're travelling during a holiday there will be more motorists on the road and thus it will be a bit slower going to, but at the same time, regardless of whether the roads are clear or not, it always seems that the reutrn trip is faster. I suppose the anticipation of going to the destination, is what makes us feel that it's taking too long when in reality it's not. The same thing goes for if you're dreading the trip, you still feel as if it takes too long to get there, or in some cases not long enough, but regardless the return trip is much faster.

Hi, murkie. I have noticed this too. The return seems to be so much more faster when you are traveling. I don't know why it is like this. I have rode in a car and it has taken us longer to get to the destination that we would like to go to. But then when are coming back from the destination, it is so much more quicker then. I guess that this has to do with the scientific laws of science.

Hi, murkie. I have noticed this too. The return seems to be so much more faster when you are traveling. I don't know why it is like this. I have rode in a car and it has taken us longer to get to the destination that we would like to go to. But then when are coming back from the destination, it is so much more quicker then. I guess that this has to do with the scientific laws of science.

well, I guess it's just because you'r ansious to get there and it seems like u'll never get to the place. when you are returning home, there's nothing to expect so... you'r chilling... it's like when you'r working and want the weekend really badly and a day seems like eternity