How to get the maximum from the trip pleasant experiences
Travels / / December 19, 2019
Tatiana Vergun
English teacher, visited more than 40 countries.
Independent travelers prefer to save time, effort and money. But the impressions of a trip they can get enough. I wish that they were only positive emotions. I think my advice will help you make any trip a special trip.
In preparing
1. Find more information
Spend a few hours on the Internet looking for the right for you information. Read reviews about the places where you want to stay, the sights you want to visit. Look at the most negative and the most positive ones. The truth is somewhere in the middle.
2. It is reasonable to choose accommodation
If you book the hotel through the famous sites, you should pay attention to its location. Sometimes it is better to pay for housing in the center of a little more than a hostel at the edge, than each time to spend good money and time on the road.
You know best what is more important for you: breakfast included in the room, round the clock reception or have a refrigerator in the room.
The first time I was in Kuala Lumpur, I certainly would like to be seen from my window were the twin towers. I do not remember the price of the room, but I remember the feeling of infinite happiness, which gave me the view from the window. And in Tehran, cozy room in the center of the capital cost mere pennies - because of the lack of European bathrooms.
3. Collect only the necessary
Do not take a very valuable thing. Clothing - comfortable and lightweight products - non-perishable, drugs - effective and are not prohibited in the country to which you are traveling.
I have a habit of taking a trip to the clothes, which are not sorry to leave, and the extent of pollution just leave it in the hotel on the release. In developing countries, my T-shirt and jeans will find new owners, others - will be put in the processing of raw material items. I indulge yourself new clothes. Classy but affordable. On each photo - new bow!
During a trip
1. Secure
Write down your thoughts, impressions, funny words of the local language, take pictures and shoot video. Listen, watch, collect tastes and smells. I do not take pictures of the first day of flight after / moving and never treat your pictures! So I do not get nervous about not very fresh appearance in the acclimatization period and I know what country I burned or recovered on local goodies.
I take photos all at once. Better then remove extra shots than miss something incredibly funny, surprising or strange.
I, for example, there is a photograph in which an Israeli policeman trying to hold my husband's suspicious behavior. And in the family photo archive preserved images of places that no longer exist on Earth: arch Legziry in Morocco, Syria Palmyra.
2. Forget the iconic sights
Hardly a recognized point of interest of any country or city in your photos will not look like all the other inhabitants of the planet, depicting it. You can choose from the variety of wonderful places, only those that are needed for you personally! For me the most desirable places to visit in Istanbul - Museum of Modern Art and a staircase with red stairs nearby.
3. Do not try to grasp the immensity
Make travel itinerary according to your taste, plan trips according to your wishes and schedule for your lifestyle. But a detailed plan can become a burden, a source of guilt. Do not limit your scope, relax and enjoy the unexpected, sudden, unexpected!
4. Do not starve
Eat a high-quality and inexpensive food. Salad vegetables bought at the local market and steamed buckwheat in a hotel room will save you from unnecessary expenses and poisoning. In my backpack is always a bottle of water and a granola bar or nuts, bought at the supermarket, not near tourist attractions.
but local kitchen any country is worth it to try it. Find a nice and inexpensive cafes where the locals eat. Order what they eat. Enjoy! Of course, if you have doubts about the quality of food or the resistance of your stomach, it is better to abstain.
5. Come up with your "chip"
Do what you want it in a place where everyone is doing the same thing. I drink coffee with a view. As a rule, near the coolest attractions full of cafes and restaurants that are in a very ordinary coffee will take you to the unusually large number of money. I brew your favorite coffee in the room, take it with you in insulated cups and choose the best kind. The taste of coffee with a view - special! View from the coffee - unforgettable!
6. Communicate with people
Throw out the stereotypes, expand the boundaries and communicate with people regardless of their religion, social status, appearance, nationality or mother tongue. Share information, souvenirs, pins. This will give a new experience, will create new opportunities! I have since had friends who inspire me to extraordinary deeds.
7. Do not buy junk
Spend money on things that really want. I do not buy any souvenirs. I quote from a travel special tea, cool spices or unusual makeup.
after traveling
1. prolong the pleasure
Disassemble the photos, look at the video. Write nice messages to your new friend. Call family or friends on a theme party, prepare the national dish, show the best photos from the trip, tell us about your impressions.
2. Start planning a new journey
In a world still so many interesting things!
Remember my advice, read a dozen recommendations of other travelers and follow only those who find it useful. I am sure that evidences your trip will cool photos, new friends and a sensual experience.
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