Indie travelers know how to slow down and enjoy an experience.
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We better understand ourselves and others when we leave home to experience the world firsthand. Independent travel is a departure from routine -- an opportunity to learn, have fun and embrace life in novel environments and cultures.
-Indie travel is about replacing broad expectations with nuanced realities.
-Indie travel is about seeing yourself in the context of a rich and complex world.
-Indie travel is about defining your values, exploring your beliefs, and crafting your own meaning for life.
Indie travelers value...
-Options over possessions
-Dynamic possibilities over static goals
-Discovery over escape
-Interactions over transactions
-Local information over received information
-First-hand experience over expert opinions
-Mental and spiritual growth as much as physical adventure
-Private transformation over social status and bragging rights
-The present moment over dreams of past and future
Indie travelers do...
-Pack light and keep things simple
-Adapt as they go rather than micromanage in advance
-Practice caution, but not paranoia
-Know how to slow down and enjoy an experience
-Seek pleasure in simple moments and details
-Make meaningful connections and informed decisions
-Learn the economic, political and environmental context of their host culture
-Emphasize listening more than talking
-Practice courtesy, patience, humility, and good humor
-Seek to understand -- not judge or romanticize -- other cultures
-Give back to the local economy
-Share what they’ve learned with others
I am an indie traveler,
as we live in a fast-paced world sometimes we tend to forget to slow down and miss does little bits of details that can make a travel worth more.
slowing down submerging oneself into that experience would be a time will remember through the years and maybe it would turn out to be the best experience we had:)
slow down. savor the moment . have fun
slackpacking is the new backpacking.
slow down everyone, your moving too fast…frames cant catch you when your moving like that. (said jack johnson)
Totally agree with this one! Too many times we forget to enjoy the present experience because our mind is too busy figuring out what to do next or how much time we have left before we move to the next destination; and that left us with very little moments to be remembered and cherished.
Made a promise to myself to slow down in my next trip and fully enjoy the experience, to really connect with the destination and its surrounding. I know I’ll be amazed!
Agreed! For me this means “stop taking pictures without really SEEING what you’re looking at”; I find that I get so involved in looking at my camera screen and trying to get the best shot, that I often forget to look up, breathe in, and take a mental screen-shot of what I’m seeing. Photos are fantastic, but there’s something to be said for remembering the way the market smelt and sounded, or the way the sun and the wind felt on your cheeks.
As we get older we automatically slow down, and aren’t we glad we do. Have been to this or that place before, but we are seeing things, which escaped us before. Wonderful to enjoy the world at a slow pace.
I tend to stop to rest frequently. The last time I did, I looked around at notes & gifts tucked between rocks and realized I was sitting in front of Bono’s house. You never know what you might see or learn by just slowing down and taking a break now and then.
There is nothing more beautiful then actually being able to feel your moment right down to your very core. . . almost as though you’ve been enveloped by it. My eyes, ears, and heart are wide open when I travel.
It is easier to slow down when you carry a light travel plan, and don’t know where you will be going next.