A brief foray into Dallas, missing Kampala, and some thoughts on over-tourism
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A brief foray into Dallas, missing Kampala, and some thoughts on over-tourism
When the traveler wants a big experience, he goes to a big city to see big things. But when he wants an “ authentic” experience, he must eschew the most well-trodden places, possibly the cities themselves, to find it. He must seek out places that have not yet been touched by “tourism”, he must find the people and places that still have remoteness —... See more
Simon Sarris • Small Spaces
- I know that travel is valuable because most knowledge can’t be written down. The most crucial info about a society is how it feels to be there—the rhythms of street life, where and when people eat meals, how gender works. You can read a million things about Japan without knowing the bodily experience of walking around in a truly high-trust society,
Sasha Chapin • 50 Things I Know
These days it is possible to live particularly disembodied existences, enabled by environments and transportation so comfortable you can wear flip-flops in New England all winter long if you want to. My hope is that the quest every day for a good photo causes you to be outdoors and on foot more. On foot it is impossible to remain out of touch.
Simon Sarris • On the Usefulness of Photography
Travel can be a kind of monasticism on the move: On the road, we often live more simply, with no more possessions than we can carry, and surrendering ourselves to chance. This is what Camus meant when he said that “what gives value to travel is fear”—disruption, in other words (or emancipation), from circumstance, and all the habits behind which we
... See moreRolf Potts • Vagabonding
Chesky said that Airbnb was focused on solving this problem of "travel redistribution." Since tech platforms rarely address the enormity of the social changes they have caused, preferring to deem-phasize their own power, it surprised me that he admitted Airbnb had an effect not just on how people travel, but on where they go, actively influencing t
... See moreTravel can feel like an indulgent activity, but I prefer the philosophy of Rick Steves that it’s actually something you owe to others: learning about other cultures, seeing others’ lives and homelands, experiencing what’s important to them.