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Re:Eager to Burst His Own Bubble, a Techie Made Apps to Rand... by vosper on Monday August 07, 2017 @07:59PM (#14952319)
On the flip side, having just spent a year traveling to 18 countries - including most of SE Asia - the internet has made travel a hell of a lot easier (I've done it pre-internet, too). My wife is vegetarian, so rather than wandering around trying to find something she can eat in Vietnam (one of the least veggie-friendly countries we went to) we can do a little research on TripAdvisor and know where we're going for lunch and dinner. Likewise, with a few hours working on the laptop we can book several weeks worth of flights and accommodations, and not have to worry about that anymore. I think you end up with a lot more free time because you can take care of the necessities so easily.

Why take a tuk-tuk to a waterfall that might not be there (that sounds like what you'd call a scam, to me) when you can take a tuk-tuk to a waterfall that definitely is there?

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Re:Eager to Burst His Own Bubble, a Techie Made Apps to Rand... by galfarragem on Monday August 07, 2017 @08:35PM (#14952488)
Because "life begins at the end of your comfort zone." -- Neale Walsch

Some people travel for sightseeing, others for personal growth.

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Re:Eager to Burst His Own Bubble, a Techie Made Apps to Rand... by somberi on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:59AM (#14955873)
In the same vein - "Life begins on the other side of despair" -Jean-Paul Sartre
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Re:Eager to Burst His Own Bubble, a Techie Made Apps to Rand... by chris_wot on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:36AM (#14956358)
I reckon life begins at birth.
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Re:Eager to Burst His Own Bubble, a Techie Made Apps to Rand... by janfoeh on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @08:41AM (#14957162)
You're all wrong. Live begins when the kids have the left the house and the dog's dead.
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Re:Eager to Burst His Own Bubble, a Techie Made Apps to Rand... by throwaway413 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @09:22AM (#14957527)
Well that escalated quickly.
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Re:Eager to Burst His Own Bubble, a Techie Made Apps to Rand... by vosper on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:48AM (#14954443)
I don't think the two types of travel are mutually exclusive, and you can certainly mix them both into one trip. Spend some time helping orphans, then go to the beach. That's actually what a lot of people do.
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Re:Eager to Burst His Own Bubble, a Techie Made Apps to Rand... by 3131s on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:40AM (#14956371)
> Why take a tuk-tuk to a waterfall that might not be there?

Because if it is there, it will be pristine and untouched save for the few local people that know about it. And meeting the locals might be more interesting than meeting the other tourists at the crowded waterfall on Trip Advisor.

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