Back in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

Manuel Antonio National Park, Quepos, Costa Rica

We returned to Costa Rica for yet another stint of work exchange in National Park Backpackers hostel.

Read more about

Comments

Post a Comment

The most popular posts this week

Meeting Nomads in Istanbul, Turkey

Image
Meetings with global and digital nomads, and Serbian travellers in Istanbul, Turkey. The following Global Nomad interview is filled with joy of life and inspiration from an 80-year-old female nomad who has been on the road for 30 years. It was filmed in Istanbul, Turkey on 7.8.2012. Rita Golden Gelman was born in 1937 in Bridgeport, CT and she is an American writer of children's literature. Her memoir, "Tales of a Female Nomad" was published in 2001. Rita's website is available at https://www.ritagoldengelman.com/ .
Read Meeting Nomads in Istanbul, Turkey

Critical Eye On Tourism

Image
Critical eye on tourism: why travel literature encourage marketing talk and critique is falsely perceived negative? Tourists returning home from their travels are often reciting familiar, positive mantras which can also be read from any tourist guide book or travel agency’s brochure: the weather was great, beaches brilliant, people friendly and smiling all the time, all the sights bigger and better than anywhere else in the world, and the night life buzzing around the clock. Critique does not have a part in this gospel despite the difficulties encountered. This raises an interesting question: Why is criticism silenced? Let us examine two fundamental factors for this behaviour: 1) travel literature and travel-related discussion forums which encourage marketing, and 2) the common misconception according to which critique is negative.
Read Critical Eye On Tourism