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Comment on The most boring travel destination in the world? by Annette

Annette — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 21:50:00 +0000

Love this, Eva! I have also learned over many years (but I don’t want to admit it, or I often seem to forget what I’ve learned): when I can’t find much (tourist) information on a location, never mind how hard I look, it means it’s just not exciting enough to produce content about it. Personally, for me, it’s small Irish villages – many are just not pretty and feels run-down, just very functional.

Comment on Crazy Lady and (not) Her Cat by Eva von P

Eva von P — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 00:29:50 +0000

In reply to Anette Maria Lagerberg.

Hej Anette, long time no …. 😉
How are you doing? I am still in Ecuador, sea level though. Was supposed to cross the border to Peru this morning but the border was closed due to the pandemic. Did the taxi driver take me to the right one? Not sure. Apparently, I need to fly. Regrouping now and trying to figure out my next step. Ah, when will it end? It´s been two years now. xxx

Comment on Crazy Lady and (not) Her Cat by Anette Maria Lagerberg

Anette Maria Lagerberg — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 19:59:41 +0000

How interesting to read these stories ..well stories and stories…for You it is reality…
Where are You now Eva?

And I am wishing You a great year ahead 2022

Hugs, Anette

Comment on Homestay in Hoi An by Lunch Lady of Saigon : One way ticket to Paradise

Lunch Lady of Saigon : One way ticket to Paradise — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 16:30:32 +0000

[…] km takes time and requires a few stops. One stop on my way South was a foodie town of Hoi An. And, it was in Hoi An and not in Saigon that I had my first brush with the power of fairy tale […]

Comment on There is no second chance to make a first impression by Lunch Lady of Saigon : One way ticket to Paradise

Lunch Lady of Saigon : One way ticket to Paradise — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 16:29:42 +0000

[…] just for a bowl of soup seemed a bit extreme, so I made the whole trip out of it, starting in Hanoi and then working my way 2000 km South to Saigon and the street corner where the Lunch Lady […]

Comment on To Read or Not To Read … by The most boring travel destination in the world? : Paradise Search

The most boring travel destination in the world? : Paradise Search — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 13:26:08 +0000

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Comment on To Read or Not To Read … by Eva von P

Eva von P — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 11:18:18 +0000

In reply to Chris Behrsin.

Of course, you are right, the sites we visit come to live and become so much more meaningful and even justifiable when we know and understand the history behind them. Otherwise, they are not more than buildings or ruins or even ravel. The stories behind (the spookier the better) are major triggers why we want to visit them in the first place.

Exploring the unknown and pioneering is entirely another type of traveling. Each one of them has its own time and place. I like them both, even though I prefer the latter one 😉

But, having lived in 11 countries and visited over 100 I feel today I’d rather discover by myself than let other opinions influence me and wake or kill my curiosity ;)Thank you Chris for your response. Much appreciated.

p.s. the post wasn’t meant to be provoking 😉

Comment on To Read or Not To Read … by Eva von P

Eva von P — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 11:16:50 +0000

In reply to maggematt123. Most probably your time is more limited than mine. This is why all your preps make sense. I travel slow. very slow, and can take the time to see (or not) the sites in my own time frame and on my own premises. Happy travels. Eva

Comment on To Read or Not To Read … by Chris Behrsin

Chris Behrsin — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 01:48:36 +0000

You know, when I started travelling I would take my Lonely Planet with me wherever I went and I might have missed a lot when my nose was between the pages rather than on the sites before me. I also used to try and read up a lot more about what to do in these guidebooks. The result, I ended up .

Nowadays, my travel style is different. When I was living in China, I hardly referred to the Lonely Planet and in Spain we didn’t even take a guidebook with us. I tend to explore more and, honestly, nowadays if I get stuck, apps like Foursquare can lend a helping hand.

But personally, being a fellow travel writer, I think we have to strike a balance. If I don’t read anything about a place before going, I find I don’t really have the motivation to go out explore much. It’s not that I need to know what’s there, more the stories behind it, the history, so I can see between the facades of the buildings into the past. To take an example, the Lady Chapel in Ely seems so much more haunting when I know why the chapel is empty, who beheaded the statues and threads of history unravel before my eyes. On the contrary, in Chinese temples I often felt dismayed by my lack of knowledge of what the murals on the walls depicted.

But, as you say, the whole practical side of travel: visas, what to pack, exactly which bus / train / ferry to take from X to Y, I’d rather step out of my plane and tackle these in the field. Because that is part of the adventure.

Thanks, once again, for a thought-provoking post.

Comment on To Read or Not To Read … by maggematt123

maggematt123 — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 20:45:02 +0000

I’m definitely a planner, and I tend to pack in a lot of places into my itineraries, so I don’t have a lot of extra ttime to spend a couple of days figuring out how to get places, etc. But I don’t spend a lot of time researching the culture or the food or things like that. I make sure I know the things I need to know before I go on a trip, but then discover everything else once I’m there. I think having a balance between the two is important.