Comments on: The joys of vicarious travel http://www.afar.com/blog/2009/10/the-joys-of-vicarious-travel/ AFAR Magazine's editors, writers, photographers share stories, recommendations, photos, and videos about experiential travel and international culture. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:50:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Cheap Coffee http://www.afar.com/blog/2009/10/the-joys-of-vicarious-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-735 Cheap Coffee Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:10:54 +0000 http://www.afar.com/blog/?p=1039#comment-735 This is all fair enough but nothing really beats the experience of a proper big trip - the tastes, the smells, the noise, the people, the sunlight breaking through the cloud in the morning or the satisfaction at arriving somewhere after a long long journey. I think great travel writers can tell you what happened and what they enjoyed but they can't tell you how it really felt. I think the best description I've read of travelling is in The Sheltering Sky, but it's a crazy book towards the end. This is all fair enough but nothing really beats the experience of a proper big trip – the tastes, the smells, the noise, the people, the sunlight breaking through the cloud in the morning or the satisfaction at arriving somewhere after a long long journey. I think great travel writers can tell you what happened and what they enjoyed but they can’t tell you how it really felt. I think the best description I’ve read of travelling is in The Sheltering Sky, but it’s a crazy book towards the end.

]]> By: nicolas http://www.afar.com/blog/2009/10/the-joys-of-vicarious-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-630 nicolas Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:30:59 +0000 http://www.afar.com/blog/?p=1039#comment-630 the need 2 walk expedition is really incredible and inspiring check it out the need 2 walk expedition is really incredible and inspiring check it out

]]> By: Holidays from Cardiff Airport http://www.afar.com/blog/2009/10/the-joys-of-vicarious-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-497 Holidays from Cardiff Airport Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:55:41 +0000 http://www.afar.com/blog/?p=1039#comment-497 Need2Walk is an excellant blog, thanks for the find. I love following those types of stories. Need2Walk is an excellant blog, thanks for the find. I love following those types of stories.

]]> By: Antoine Borg http://www.afar.com/blog/2009/10/the-joys-of-vicarious-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Antoine Borg Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:33:24 +0000 http://www.afar.com/blog/?p=1039#comment-446 Hello, Not really as big-trip as the ones you mention, but I follow the Unexpected Traveller's blog (http://unexpectedtraveller.wordpress.com) He travels a lot and lives in Belgium but his blog is unusual in that he catalogs all the odd people and odd stories that happen to him. Antoine Hello,

Not really as big-trip as the ones you mention, but I follow the Unexpected Traveller’s blog (http://unexpectedtraveller.wordpress.com) He travels a lot and lives in Belgium but his blog is unusual in that he catalogs all the odd people and odd stories that happen to him.

Antoine

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