Judith Fein is an award-winning travel writer, speaker and
videographer who lives to leave. She is the author of the acclaimed book, Life
is a trip: The Transformative Magic of Travel. With her photojournalist
husband Paul Ross, she travels the world, learning about how other people live,
love, laugh, worship, eat, celebrate.
In Life
is a Trip Judith Fein takes readers on l4 exotic journeys where she learns
from other cultures new and transformative approaches to family discord, death,
success, fear, faith, forgiveness and overcoming trauma.
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In the chapter 8 of her book,
she wrote about her trip to Guatemala. In this trip she was surprise with the
Mayan Culture and their gods. Being a spiritual seeker, Fein makes a point of
connecting with healers, wise and holy persons, those who seem to have some
deeper connection than most to enlightenment. If not in person, she finds the
experience that is more intense than the every day. In my opinion this experience we new cultures
helps people to realize and think about the life. The next year, I am planing
go to Cusco, Perú and I'm so excited to know other culture. I think that
cross-cultural experiences and activities involve an exchange of ideas about
people's identity.
"The difference between being a tourist and a traveler is that
a traveler is open to unplanned experience and doesn't have her nose stuck in a
guidebook, tracking down famous sites. She ventures out from behind glass
windows (in hotels and touring buses) and meets people. She connects. The
difference between a traveler and a travel journalist is that the latter is
always searching for stories. But it occurred to me that any traveler can
travel like a journalist--looking for cues and clues, diving into new cultures,
and coming home with great stories and new ways of responding to life."
So .. that quote. It speaks a lot, doesn't it? It makes your mind tinker with the options placed in front of you, we can either go down the gray rode (the guidebooks or sight seeing the famous things only) or we can go down the colorful one, which may lead to vast surprises that may change us. I hope that you find the option that fits the vision you have in you the moment when you step out of the method of travel you decide to use to get to Cusco, Perú.
ReplyDeleteThe quotes greatly resumes the feeling of the author. We should always aspire to be travellers instead of tourists, we can obtain so much more from the country we visit. As Judith Frein, you should embrace the experience of being a traveler in Cusco, Perú when you visit!
ReplyDeleteThe eternal dilema between being a traveler and a tourist. It's a topic open for discussion. You can be a traveler while doing the things a tourist would do, or be a tourist while doing the things a traveler would do. I don't know if I explain myself? Neither one is better than the other. Its how much you can get from that experience.
ReplyDeleteOh, Jim. I am visiting Perú (Cusco too) in December! Can't express how excited I am. I'll let you know how it goes.
Traveling is one of the best things in life to experience other cultures but we should try to indulge in the culture not just stick to being a tourist and see things that we're already used too.
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