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Date: 8th April 2013
Tourist vs Traveller
I fully agree with Ralf's response to you earlier - namely that the distinction between the two is blurred. However, if pushed to define a difference, I would say that the more one person immerses themselves in an place in order to experience and understand it more, then the more likely they are to be a traveller. Having said that, I've proudly done both - most times I am the traveller, but I'm also happy being the tourist, seeing some famous site or relaxing somewhere just to escape the world rather than following my usual traveller's approach of seeking to understand this glorious planet more.
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Tourist vs Traveller
I fully agree with Ralf's response to you earlier - namely that the distinction between the two is blurred. However, if pushed to define a difference, I would say that the more one person immerses themselves in an place in order to experience and understand it more, then the more likely they are to be a traveller. Having said that, I've proudly done both - most times I am the traveller, but I'm also happy being the tourist, seeing some famous site or relaxing somewhere just to escape the world rather than following my usual traveller's approach of seeking to understand this glorious planet more.
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Date: 26th February 2013
Hospitality of the Kurds
Hello Chantalits Loved reading you Eastern Turkey Blogs, we were travelling in the east in September, October 2011 as well. Your comments regarding the hospitality of the Turkish people and in particular for us the Kurdish people was amazing. Keep up your travels and enjoy your experiences. Regards Murray
From Blog: A Turkish Family
Hospitality of the Kurds
Hello Chantalits Loved reading you Eastern Turkey Blogs, we were travelling in the east in September, October 2011 as well. Your comments regarding the hospitality of the Turkish people and in particular for us the Kurdish people was amazing. Keep up your travels and enjoy your experiences. Regards Murray
From Blog: A Turkish Family
Date: 21st February 2013
go team awesome haha
vermont looks crisp and clean, and u said it well, quaint. funny how at one point one desires hot and dusty and peeling off all layers heat, with hats and glasses and grime (india- ive never been...) yet all too soon find yourself in a snowy and fresh wonderland. i keep asking myself why im still living in seattle, and my heart aches for california, but something about being in a completely desolate and extreme environment reawakens the soul. i still find your writing to be wonderful and glad to be able to keep track of you, my globe trotting sista. i recommended a buddy go check out the fire roads north of the bridge in big sur, to wind around and around. road trip down cali coast status. ahhhhhh to be 26. chicken and potatoes. yummmmmm :) love u guuurrrlll. xok
From Blog: Winter Wonderland
go team awesome haha
vermont looks crisp and clean, and u said it well, quaint. funny how at one point one desires hot and dusty and peeling off all layers heat, with hats and glasses and grime (india- ive never been...) yet all too soon find yourself in a snowy and fresh wonderland. i keep asking myself why im still living in seattle, and my heart aches for california, but something about being in a completely desolate and extreme environment reawakens the soul. i still find your writing to be wonderful and glad to be able to keep track of you, my globe trotting sista. i recommended a buddy go check out the fire roads north of the bridge in big sur, to wind around and around. road trip down cali coast status. ahhhhhh to be 26. chicken and potatoes. yummmmmm :) love u guuurrrlll. xok
From Blog: Winter Wonderland
Date: 21st January 2013
Sweet blog
Going from India to ice? Harsh transition. This blog is really nice. I love how you take life by the reigns, whether in Quaint Town, USA or the slums. Good stuff, keep it comin.
From Blog: Winter Wonderland
Sweet blog
Going from India to ice? Harsh transition. This blog is really nice. I love how you take life by the reigns, whether in Quaint Town, USA or the slums. Good stuff, keep it comin.
From Blog: Winter Wonderland
Date: 20th January 2013
Easing back in
As usual you go full throttle. No easing back in for you. Love all of the photos. Sounds like you enjoyed your time in Vermont. Look forward to reading your next blog. Happy travels.
From Blog: Winter Wonderland
Easing back in
As usual you go full throttle. No easing back in for you. Love all of the photos. Sounds like you enjoyed your time in Vermont. Look forward to reading your next blog. Happy travels.
From Blog: Winter Wonderland
Date: 16th January 2013
A girl after my own heart you are!
I really enjoyed this little tale. Aren't things like this just incredible? But man, the kids from the US that had never heard of Costa Rica? But were studying in Istanbul? WHAT?! Its embarrassing to admit how many of my American friends asked me if they spoke English in England when I went the first time....
From Blog: The Benefits of Flying a Bankrupt Airline
A girl after my own heart you are!
I really enjoyed this little tale. Aren't things like this just incredible? But man, the kids from the US that had never heard of Costa Rica? But were studying in Istanbul? WHAT?! Its embarrassing to admit how many of my American friends asked me if they spoke English in England when I went the first time....
From Blog: The Benefits of Flying a Bankrupt Airline
Date: 9th January 2013
Wise words
Love the philosophy - and some great photos in there too!
From Blog: Gains and Losses
Wise words
Love the philosophy - and some great photos in there too!
From Blog: Gains and Losses
Date: 3rd January 2013
Definitely applauded! And I'd be lying if I said I haven't done the same in the past ;)
From Blog: A Canyon, An Aqueduct, and an Impromptu Dance Party
Definitely applauded! And I'd be lying if I said I haven't done the same in the past ;)
From Blog: A Canyon, An Aqueduct, and an Impromptu Dance Party
Date: 2nd January 2013
So do you prefer your Turkish or your Indian English? ;)
From Blog: The Beauty of Couchsurfing
So do you prefer your Turkish or your Indian English? ;)
From Blog: The Beauty of Couchsurfing
Date: 2nd January 2013
Plans are made to be changed...
So awesome reading your first entry and getting to really appreciate how much you must have fallen in love with India... Remember - if you get bored of Costa Rica any time soon, we're waiting for you back in Bombay! :)
From Blog: The Plan
Plans are made to be changed...
So awesome reading your first entry and getting to really appreciate how much you must have fallen in love with India... Remember - if you get bored of Costa Rica any time soon, we're waiting for you back in Bombay! :)
From Blog: The Plan
Date: 31st December 2012
Why do we travel?
'Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest'. Georgia O'Keeffe A true traveller's motto. I'll drink to that, Chantel. http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/panorama-5048.html
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Why do we travel?
'Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest'. Georgia O'Keeffe A true traveller's motto. I'll drink to that, Chantel. http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/panorama-5048.html
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Date: 1st January 2013
I'll Drink to That Too!
I don't know how I never heard that one before. Thanks for the share!
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
I'll Drink to That Too!
I don't know how I never heard that one before. Thanks for the share!
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Date: 31st December 2012
Bangkok/Rome
we spent quite a bit of time passing through Bangkok and never made it to see the Grand Palace. But I don't think our time in Bangkok was any less memorable because of that. Enjoy the rest of your travels. Kathie
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Bangkok/Rome
we spent quite a bit of time passing through Bangkok and never made it to see the Grand Palace. But I don't think our time in Bangkok was any less memorable because of that. Enjoy the rest of your travels. Kathie
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Date: 30th December 2012
I AGREE
You describe it perfectly. I agree with you. I am a traveller because I have been a tourist. Hugs from Argentina. Graciela
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
I AGREE
You describe it perfectly. I agree with you. I am a traveller because I have been a tourist. Hugs from Argentina. Graciela
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Date: 30th December 2012
lost in books ,
I don \'t know , y , i never meet u , but u seem to think same like me , but the difference that lies between us , u believe in action\'s and you have done thing\'s , while , i just keep on thinking .. but hopefully when i grow more older , i would do something that u enjoy doing.
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
lost in books ,
I don \'t know , y , i never meet u , but u seem to think same like me , but the difference that lies between us , u believe in action\'s and you have done thing\'s , while , i just keep on thinking .. but hopefully when i grow more older , i would do something that u enjoy doing.
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Date: 30th December 2012
Aha, I understand :)
If it helps at all, don't feel guilty about what you have or have not seen, and don't place too much importance on the opinions of fellow travellers/tourists. I am pretty sure the guilt flows both ways anyway, there are plenty of 'tourists' who are told by 'travellers' that what they are doing is somehow unworthy of travelling. People have the tendency to judge each other on what they do or don't do, and upon that judgement we are then placed in whatever category fits the description best. I personally consider myself both a tourist and a traveller and don't see any discrepancy between the two, one flows from the other and vice-versa, at least for me. For me the guilt used to work the other way around. I used to feel super guilty about going to a tourist attraction, because in the eyes of my fellow travellers this was seen as a faux-pas. Doing so was crossing some invisible line and a betrayal to the community and inevitably I would get disapproving glances. Sights are for tourists, the real traveller has passed far beyond that point and discovered some invisible truth. Luckily I grew out of that guilty phase and I really couldn't give a hoot now about how others view me. I will happily go to the Taj Mahals or Ankor Wats of this planet, because for me they are not only extremely beautiful places, but they are interesting from a historical, cultural and religious perspective. And just because millions of other people think so as well, doesn't make them less significant. In short I do it for myself, and how I measure up to other because of that doesn't enter the equation. Your guilty tourist complex will most likely leave you at some point as well, and you won't care whether or not you have been to the Great Wall of China after spending two months in Beijing or so, and you won't feel guilty when somebody tells you, you should have. Only you know what you should have done, and mostly likely you will have done that which you wanted to do.
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Aha, I understand :)
If it helps at all, don't feel guilty about what you have or have not seen, and don't place too much importance on the opinions of fellow travellers/tourists. I am pretty sure the guilt flows both ways anyway, there are plenty of 'tourists' who are told by 'travellers' that what they are doing is somehow unworthy of travelling. People have the tendency to judge each other on what they do or don't do, and upon that judgement we are then placed in whatever category fits the description best. I personally consider myself both a tourist and a traveller and don't see any discrepancy between the two, one flows from the other and vice-versa, at least for me. For me the guilt used to work the other way around. I used to feel super guilty about going to a tourist attraction, because in the eyes of my fellow travellers this was seen as a faux-pas. Doing so was crossing some invisible line and a betrayal to the community and inevitably I would get disapproving glances. Sights are for tourists, the real traveller has passed far beyond that point and discovered some invisible truth. Luckily I grew out of that guilty phase and I really couldn't give a hoot now about how others view me. I will happily go to the Taj Mahals or Ankor Wats of this planet, because for me they are not only extremely beautiful places, but they are interesting from a historical, cultural and religious perspective. And just because millions of other people think so as well, doesn't make them less significant. In short I do it for myself, and how I measure up to other because of that doesn't enter the equation. Your guilty tourist complex will most likely leave you at some point as well, and you won't care whether or not you have been to the Great Wall of China after spending two months in Beijing or so, and you won't feel guilty when somebody tells you, you should have. Only you know what you should have done, and mostly likely you will have done that which you wanted to do.
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Date: 1st January 2013
Beautiful Words
Thanks for this response, Ralf. My guilty tourist complex is something of the past. Like I said, I've been wanting to write about it for some time, but I think I needed for it to pass before I was able to. Otherwise, I would have worried what other people think about my worthiness as a tourist/traveler. Now, I don't care. I'm happy just doing what I do (or don't do)! :D
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Beautiful Words
Thanks for this response, Ralf. My guilty tourist complex is something of the past. Like I said, I've been wanting to write about it for some time, but I think I needed for it to pass before I was able to. Otherwise, I would have worried what other people think about my worthiness as a tourist/traveler. Now, I don't care. I'm happy just doing what I do (or don't do)! :D
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Date: 30th December 2012
The question is, why did you write about this?
And I am asking it because of what you tell Magda: With a melancholic tone, I told Magda, “I won’t write about this.” “Why would you?” she replied understandingly, “This has nothing to do with traveling.” So what made you change your mind?
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
The question is, why did you write about this?
And I am asking it because of what you tell Magda: With a melancholic tone, I told Magda, “I won’t write about this.” “Why would you?” she replied understandingly, “This has nothing to do with traveling.” So what made you change your mind?
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Date: 30th December 2012
What I Mean...
is that I wasn't going to write about Elephanta like some big, Must-Do adventure, filled with history and funny anecdotes. I've been trying to write about my guilty tourist complex for some time now, and this seemed like the appropriate moment.
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
What I Mean...
is that I wasn't going to write about Elephanta like some big, Must-Do adventure, filled with history and funny anecdotes. I've been trying to write about my guilty tourist complex for some time now, and this seemed like the appropriate moment.
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Date: 29th December 2012
Another thing!
Your friend's purple dress is adorable!!
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Another thing!
Your friend's purple dress is adorable!!
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Date: 29th December 2012
You didn't see the Pantheon?
I found this part particularly interesting. Stepping inside the Pantheon was the biggest "wow" moment I had in Rome (more than the Sistine Chapel). I'll never forget it. Check it out next time! Anyway, I agree with much you say in your blog. Traveling and vacationing are two very different things to me. I prefer the exhaustion of traveling....but I have to admit, I have a fridge covered in kitschy magnets....
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
You didn't see the Pantheon?
I found this part particularly interesting. Stepping inside the Pantheon was the biggest "wow" moment I had in Rome (more than the Sistine Chapel). I'll never forget it. Check it out next time! Anyway, I agree with much you say in your blog. Traveling and vacationing are two very different things to me. I prefer the exhaustion of traveling....but I have to admit, I have a fridge covered in kitschy magnets....
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Date: 29th December 2012
I didn't mean to...
... miss the Pantheon, it just sort of happened. All I mean to say is that hopefully my experiences as a traveler aren't measured by the sites I've seen. And, don't worry, as far as I'm concerned, traveling and kitschy fridge magnets aren't mutually exclusive... just in my case. :D I'll pass along your compliment to Magda, and assure you that all of her is adorable!
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
I didn't mean to...
... miss the Pantheon, it just sort of happened. All I mean to say is that hopefully my experiences as a traveler aren't measured by the sites I've seen. And, don't worry, as far as I'm concerned, traveling and kitschy fridge magnets aren't mutually exclusive... just in my case. :D I'll pass along your compliment to Magda, and assure you that all of her is adorable!
From Blog: Guilty Tourist
Airports/Drivebys 
I've Lived Here 
I'm Here Now 
I've Been Here 
Anastasia78
Anastasia78
Awesome!
Not sure how this photo escaped my notice before...but Wow! love it!
From Blog: Gains and Losses