Comments on: Formula Travel http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/formula-travel/ travel culture worldwide Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: unbrave girl gets real: in search of the authentic travel experience | unbrave girl http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/formula-travel/#comment-41152 unbrave girl gets real: in search of the authentic travel experience | unbrave girl Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:30:49 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4546#comment-41152 [...] on the idea that you can travel to a foreign country and experience that country, not as a tourist (or a traveler or whatever the heck you call yourself), but as a local. You hang out with the locals, you eat what the locals eat, you live where the [...] [...] on the idea that you can travel to a foreign country and experience that country, not as a tourist (or a traveler or whatever the heck you call yourself), but as a local. You hang out with the locals, you eat what the locals eat, you live where the [...]

]]> By: shakester http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/formula-travel/#comment-38720 shakester Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:32:47 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4546#comment-38720 Well said. I find the traveller vs tourist thing can get tiresome at times, and people's obsession with it more so. The only formula you seem to suggest is no formula, which is just about right, because even if you carefully craft one, your trip will have the knack of throwing it out of whack. And so often, one is deep inside hoping exactly that will happen. Well said. I find the traveller vs tourist thing can get tiresome at times, and people’s obsession with it more so. The only formula you seem to suggest is no formula, which is just about right, because even if you carefully craft one, your trip will have the knack of throwing it out of whack. And so often, one is deep inside hoping exactly that will happen.

]]> By: Scott http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/formula-travel/#comment-38656 Scott Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:17:32 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4546#comment-38656 Nicely done and said. I've been listening to the traveler/tourist-thing since I started traveling 28 years ago. It is for me about Presence: Presence away, Presence at home, "the journey" released from it's insistence on distance; everywhere is exotic, everywhere, home. Nicely done and said. I’ve been listening to the traveler/tourist-thing since I started traveling 28 years ago.

It is for me about Presence: Presence away, Presence at home, “the journey” released from it’s insistence on distance; everywhere is exotic, everywhere, home.

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