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1. Leave home
2. Go alone
3. Travel light
4. Bring a map
5. Go by land
6. Walk across a national frontier
7. Keep a journal
8. Read a novel that has no relation to the place you’re in
9. If you must bring a cell phone, avoid using it
10. Make a friend
–Paul Theroux, The Tao of Travel
September 3rd, 2012 at 2:35 am
Move slowly. Take walks. Sometimes, sit for a while. It’s impossible to fully appreciate a place in an hour or even a day. Take your time.
September 3rd, 2012 at 9:07 am
Map, sí, App, no.
September 3rd, 2012 at 3:18 pm
guilty of never doing #4.
September 3rd, 2012 at 5:56 pm
I waiver on 8, for I sometimes do that and other times read novels or non-fiction on the place I am wandering… Nice list. I remember watching Theroux give a talk on book TV where he suggestion for one to become a writer was to “Leave home, go alone, and stay on the ground.”
September 5th, 2012 at 11:37 am
…and drink with locals whenever possible.