Tuesday, September 13, 2011
i think i've said this before, but i will say it again anyway. the thing with traveling is that each time you are about to leave the new city you just visited, its almost like leaving a part of yourself behind. because all of a sudden, the street names that seemed crazily foreign in all that chinese a week back now seem way more familiar than you ever think they would become and somehow the place has become some sort of a friend. i've never quite understood people who go on those 2week tours around a country/region and do 2days in each city. because the whole point of traveling (to me at least) is not simply to take the touristy pictures at the landmarks and then tell everyone else that you've been there and done that, but its to experience the culture, the people, their way of life, and trust me, theres no damn way you can do that in 48hours. its about seeing the city by foot, getting lost, standing by the streets holding onto a map, asking for directions, and not sitting on a tour bus getting driven around and looking out onto the streets through glass windows. its taking the subway, fighting for space with the locals, observing their behavior in public, being completely lost in translation.
traveling alone? LIBERATING.
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vanna
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