Exploring the wonder of the world around you or of you around the world. Appreciating how travel changes more than our location.
You travel far off any known tourist map to encounter what you believe will be a unique travel experience. No one there speaks your language or appears to have ever encountered a Westerner before. You learn enough of the local language which, combined with gestures worthy of Marcel Marceau or an Academy Award, get you by. You come home from this seemingly unique travel experience. You post stories…
How do you get the most out of a guidebook? In today’s interconnected world, you wonder if the guidebook itself is becoming an anachronism, a throwback to a time when people read actual newspapers and a social network usually involved a potluck. So I’m less concerned with the medium in which the information is presented – books, printouts of PDFs, downloadable e-books, podcasts, phone apps or live access…
The best travel advice is to find advice that works for you. Here’s a useful bit of advice that can help you plan a trip and not be overwhelmed by all the details.
Taking time for small, unplanned, “unnecessary” trips may be more necessary than you think.
