Further Thoughts after Reading on Travel Writing, In&Out the Same Way

The characteristic trait of post-1930 travel writing is ever increasing retreat inside the psyche of the narrator, bearing the traits of the fragmented, tormented and exiled world, as well as, in later times, blurring of the travelogue between the divide of fact vs. fiction.
In former case, G. Green, for example, is touring Africa and declares the jungle boring but: "Never mind, let me tell you about my childhood and childhood per se"..
Well, let me tell you about my childhood. There is a forwarded mail joke about the "Seven Wonders of Yugoslavia". None worked or had any money but miraculously everybody had everything. The picture was not that rosy - after all I blame the then regime for this one. But it is true I had never seen a homeless person during my entire childhood or adolescence or somebody digging through trash. The other day I watched Zeitgeist 3, and the research some character presented indicates all parametres are better in a more equal society: better health for instance. This also led to reflecting on just how deeply engrained the western ideology is too - and what exactly would all those hordes of business administrators, marketing gurus or the likes do after the change they advocate?
True, during my early days we, Yugoslavs, rarely travelled. Not much has changed - even today, we serve lobsters, not eat them.
And to go back to the final outer layer of the post - there is another category of contemporary travel writing which my survey doesn't mention: travel writing not as an inner psychological journey but as humour. Just think of Bill Bryson, ever after a wisecrack or two. Must be another sign o' the times.