Most travel is extractive and passive. You show up somewhere, take photos of the same landmarks everyone else takes photos of, eat at a restaurant the guidebook recommended, and hit up some bars. You take some tours to learn about the place and, if you’re lucky, get to meet some locals on your trip. You don’t really go deep.
Even long-term travelers who talk about how they “aren’t tourists” do the same – just at a slower pace and while trying to spend less money.
And there’s nothing wrong with that. That’s just the nature of travel. While we all imagine dropping into a place, befriending lo...
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