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Originally Posted by Ugly Bastard
Try shunning technology for a stretch of time during your trip or maybe even the entire trip
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This is something i've seriously been considering (see:sexbox). I don't know how far I could get by without hopping on a computer on a hostel or whatever, but I don't really think it will be that hard to do. I originally thought 6 weeks, but figure my family will probably at least want an email or something a few weeks in...I dunno. I'm taking 3 or 4 books and going to do lots of reading as a subsitution for internetting (which, at it's core, mostly consists of reading anyways.)
I think everybody (especially in our generation) has fantasies about being completely cut off from society for a while, a la
The Beach or living on a fucking monastery on a mountain somewhere in buttfuck Asia for a while. That being said, being alone in a foreign country is enough as it is, especially when you're in the middle of nowhere. The psychological soothing effect of the internet is pretty astounding.
I sometimes find myself wondering if I could have stayed in Korea as long as I have without the internet, and unfortunately I tend to think I wouldn't. For instance, 20, even 10 years ago...strange to think about.