Miyuki's Text BLOG 4: The Journey Doesn't Have To End

Meeting new people and facing new experiences, travel is an endeavor that both challenges and shapes people. The act of travel itself is supposed to be the most exciting part of going abroad, however nowadays documenting and sharing experiences with others is become an equally important aspect of travel. The journey doesn’t have to end when your trip ends - the travel experience can be prolonged even when you’ve returned home.

For those people who created continuous travel journals of their time abroad they can rehash their experiences by reviewing or editing their logs. Others who did not can create post-travel blogs or photo sites where they can share and review travel destinations and tips. You can partake in the cycle of connectivity and further travel by sharing your experiences with others.

There are many different avenues of networking that people can partake in over the internet, whether it is through familiar popular file sharing sites such as Facebook or Flickr or sharing experiences in online forums or virtual tourist sites. The possibilities for connectivity and sharing are endless and affordable. While most general sites are free participation, for those individuals with an invested interest in file-sharing and communication there are also sites with advanced capabilities that seek a fee in exchange for a variety of additional tools. [1]

The information revolution has extended the types of networks that we have become involved with and the scale of what we are able to achieve these days is becoming more and more incredible, as I have attempted to map out throughout my BLOGS. [2] From the independence we have gained from being able to plan and book our trips online, the way we travel now with the knowledge we gain from online sharing, and the way we communicate with one another online, travel has become very much revolutionized.

"We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment". -Hilaire Belloc [3]

Thank you for reading my BLOGS!

Bon Voyage!

References

1. Travel + Leisure : Online Photo Sharing Resources http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/photography-101/sidebar/6 (accessed on 30th October 2007)

2. John Urry. Social Networks, Travel and Talk. British Journal of Sociology Vol. No. 54 Issue No.2 (June 2003).

3. Quote Garden: Quotations about Travel. http://www.quotegarden.com/travel.html (Accessed on 31st October 2007).