Comments on: Travel writing must confront the real world http://www.vagablogging.net/travel-writing-must-confront-the-real-world.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:10:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: AJ Hoge http://www.vagablogging.net/travel-writing-must-confront-the-real-world.html/comment-page-1#comment-780 AJ Hoge Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:16:19 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/travel-writing-must-confront-the-real-world.html#comment-780 I think this is something I appreciate about the vagabonding/hobopoet approach to travel. Its important to confront the ugly as well as the beautiful.... the horrific as well as the glorious. This is one of the great challenges of travel... and what distinguishes a journey from a "vacation". Think of the Odyssey, The Iliad, etc. In mythological journeys, there were always monsters and hardships to confront. And lets face it, there was never a perfect rustic past. Poverty, cruelty, ugliness, war, lying, and exploitation are as old as the human race. Part of "deliberate travel" is confronting these truths, however much we dislike them. Again, a great quote. I think this is something I appreciate about the vagabonding/hobopoet approach to travel. Its important to confront the ugly as well as the beautiful…. the horrific as well as the glorious.

This is one of the great challenges of travel… and what distinguishes a journey from a “vacation”. Think of the Odyssey, The Iliad, etc. In mythological journeys, there were always monsters and hardships to confront.

And lets face it, there was never a perfect rustic past. Poverty, cruelty, ugliness, war, lying, and exploitation are as old as the human race. Part of “deliberate travel” is confronting these truths, however much we dislike them.

Again, a great quote.

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