I laughed really hard when you said it's better to walk when the sun isn't frying everything. Well, morning walks are actually better in my opinion.
You raised an important question about actual freedom. I have never thought about the idea of passport in this light but now that I think about, passport seems limiting to movement. Why can't we move to where we want, whenever we want, without needing a paper?
Well, that's probably a question for governments to answer.
I'm not sure if that's the question for the government, or for the people who "voted out" those governments...