Comments on: The best way to use a guidebook http://www.vagablogging.net/the-best-way-to-use-a-guidebook.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:50:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pam http://www.vagablogging.net/the-best-way-to-use-a-guidebook.html/comment-page-1#comment-1843 pam Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:11:51 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/the-best-way-to-use-a-guidebook.html#comment-1843 I happen to like the greatest hits lists and it's a shame, when you're in Paris, for example, to miss the Eiffel Tower. There's a reason those places are on the greatest hits lists, after all - it's because they're iconic for the place or they're just amazing. Yes, you have to watch the moon rise over Half Dome with a bunch of people, but it's still unbelievably lovely. But I do think it's a great idea to put the guide away, too, or to go to the small places and to slow down there, to stick around long enough to meet some people. That's when a place becomes real and not just a pretty postcard. Though I do love pretty postcards. I happen to like the greatest hits lists and it’s a shame, when you’re in Paris, for example, to miss the Eiffel Tower. There’s a reason those places are on the greatest hits lists, after all – it’s because they’re iconic for the place or they’re just amazing. Yes, you have to watch the moon rise over Half Dome with a bunch of people, but it’s still unbelievably lovely.

But I do think it’s a great idea to put the guide away, too, or to go to the small places and to slow down there, to stick around long enough to meet some people. That’s when a place becomes real and not just a pretty postcard.

Though I do love pretty postcards.

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.vagablogging.net/the-best-way-to-use-a-guidebook.html/comment-page-1#comment-1842 Mark Evans Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:10:21 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/the-best-way-to-use-a-guidebook.html#comment-1842 I think guidebooks have their place but they don't have to be a staple for every traveler. Sometimes, it's better to leave the guidebook at home or at the hotel as a way to expose yourself to new adventures that you might have not experienced if you were following the travel guide pack. I think guidebooks have their place but they don’t have to be a staple for every traveler. Sometimes, it’s better to leave the guidebook at home or at the hotel as a way to expose yourself to new adventures that you might have not experienced if you were following the travel guide pack.

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