What do you do when researching a travel destination? I…
– Use @lonelyplanet to level set
– Check threads on @askmetafilter
– Read @CultureTrip
– See top @TripAdvisor for the "basic" version
– Devour all YouTube travel blogger videos
– Quick search of @instagram location tag— Sean Blanda (@SeanBlanda) September 26, 2019
I show up, grab a map so I don’t get lost, step outside early in the morning, and let myself be swept into the flow of the city and go anywhere I can see that I want to go. Landmarks are for tourists and are going to be found by you regardless. Hence the name “landmark”? Since you can’t avoid them, why not find them on your own terms on the way to somewhere you’d rather be?
Oct 2nd, 2019 / 2:01 pm