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>These days I feel vulnerable navigating in my own town without a phone, My wife and I were in Thailand in December with our cousins. My cousin sister refused
by tushar-r 10y ago
>These days I feel vulnerable navigating in my own town without a phone,
My wife and I were in Thailand in December with our cousins. My cousin sister refused to let me buy a local sim card for GPS and stuff - said it was a waste of money and preferred to use a guide map, brochures and asking people directions.
You know what - it was an enjoyable vacation, despite my constant itch to check google maps. Planning to try this again for our next vacation, wherever it may be. Or on my next business trip.
There is something very nice about paper maps and talking to people :-)
- et-al 10y agoEver since I got a smartphone, I haven't had that feeling of uncertainty and foreignness when traveling anymore. Maybe it's also due to having enough money to afford a smartphone, and being of a certain age, but I think knowing exactly where you are means you don't check your environmental cues as much anymore. I'm inclined to go back to those never-enough-detail free tourist maps to see if that feeling of lost returns.