Travel (part 2)
Mar 1st, 2008 by Juha Ylitalo
Once you’ve got to your travel destination (regardless on whether you did it on airplane, train, boat, car, …), you have to figure out what you want to do in there. One of my favorite activities is to put food, water and other necessary items into backpack and go for hiking trip. Car, scooter and bicycle would be whole lot faster for moving from one place to another, but when you are walking you have time to look around, take your time on taking photographs and really get the feeling about the place.
This photograph was taken in Iceland as we were hiking from Thorsmörsk to Skogar.
Technical details: Canon Powershot G3 (7.2mm, 1/125s f/5.6, ISO50)
4 Responses to “Travel (part 2)”
Breathtaking scenery!
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Beautiful place you have photographed. I agree that going by foot is a great way to explore a new place. Although you should miss the touristy places of a country, going out of your way to see how the local people live really gives you a sense of the culture.
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That is an amazing view! We always try to go on at least one hike when traveling.
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In no offence, but ‘going out of your way to see how the local people live’ has become more or less the “official mantra” for all discussions around traveling. While it definate is the way to go for many trips, there are also other issues that should be taken into account.
There are some studies that will clearly indicate that tours that going around ‘touristy places’ have smaller ecological footprint, because sites can have all the necessary structures to avoid erosion, etc., tourists can be transferred in and out of these places in efficient manner (i.e. big buses instead of 1-2 people/car), …
Another scenario, where “official mantra” fails is that if youare traveling to a destination for its birds, nature ,history or some other specific (non-work related) reason, you might be whole lot more interested about local national parks, museums, etc. than how locals live.
Of course in some places we can always question, whether or not you will learn something from a trip to Galapagos islands that hasn’t been already documented in numerous nature documents, etc., but this is one of those philosophic questions about why do we want to travel into far away places in a first place…
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