If you're travelling alone, it doesn't really matter how far you travel really. Just a longer flight. Go wherever you really want to go. You'll be glad you did.
No worthy trials will be done without using placebos.
The mind is indeed very effective at healing, and placebos whether physical or self-induced can work extremely well in the right circumstances.
Whether they work against virulent foreign invaders is another thing.
If I hear a sound in the house in the middle of the room, I can either pick up a baseball bat and go investigate or I can cover my head in the blanket and not hear it anymore. By not hearing it, i can totally convince myself it isn't there.
But that doesn't mean I don't wake up in the morning with no TV or other valuables.
RE: Van Morrison.. Love him or Hate him?
I've seen Rory live.And Van too.
Totally different, but both excellent in their own right.