How to travel without computer or smartphone ?

Offline travel is freedom! © Galyna Andrushko - Fotolia.com

Want to travel to the old, without screens, gadgets and stress of the permanent connection? So drop your chargers, adapters, son, cables and other cases. You will save yourself at the same time the hassle of having to make sure all your devices, and to find a way to connect to Wi-Fi and operate your mobile phone abroad.

To change, enjoy the moment, leave the comfort of your habits, give you the means to think differently and strengthen your relationships with your family and friends. Of course, there is no question of report no souvenir, and for this list is simple: paper, pencil, book, camera to film.

Real faces versus Facebook

What for

Do you really need to know what your friends, true or virtual, are doing while you are traveling? Or even receive approval via their "Like"?

How

Ask the mango-seller market to explain how the neighborhood has changed, or the man who waits for the ferry what places you recommend visiting. If language is a problem, get yourself a phrasebook, or go in universities and libraries. There is often only locations in the conversation where the locals eager to practice speaking your language will be happy to tell you their life.

Paper cards versus Google Maps

What for

If you're used to any program through a digital map, you might be surprised to rediscover paper maps, actually much easier to use. We can write it, you do not have to take the time to download them, they do not require access to the Internet, they are easy to store and easy to remove if necessary. More importantly, they provide a greater overview. It was suddenly a better idea of ​​where we are.

How

Most tourist offices and tourist information booths, and some hotels provide free maps, which often are the main attractions. But we can also try to wander without a map and talk with people cross the road. Sometimes we get lost, but it's also a way to learn about a place, and discover the gems that are not shown on the maps.

Do you really read a map? © Jimmy Flink

Cameras to film versus digital devices

Unlike digital photos, each photo taken with a film camera has a cost. It is all the more valuable.

Digital cameras provide the ability to take shots in quick, almost without thinking. With this paradox that we can ultimately spend more time looking at the world through the camera than to live in the moment. When taking a picture with his smartphone, we approach the social networks, but the distance from the trip.

What for

Take digital pictures is an almost unavoidable practice today, to the point of becoming sometimes more important than the journey itself. Conversely, photos of classic film allow to soak in the moment of the trip, and later put a new perspective on the experience. These ladies are waiting for some time, but it's for a good cause. It's a real pleasure to go and get the prints, if only for the element of surprise. And what better way to frame a successful photo or even offer it? Even the failed pictures on their charm: they remind a lived moment, it would be a shame to erase ...

Better resolution

Have you ever wondered how a Blu-ray high-definition disc could be made from an old roll of film? This is because the films are projected in cinemas 30 years ago are still a higher resolution than digital movies. And it's the same for photos. 35mm film of yesteryear gives snapshots of a resolution equivalent to 25 megapixels, which is double most digital cameras today. Conclusion: an image on film is much more beautiful.

How

The development and printing of films, photos have not disappeared. In most cities, you can still develop a film in a day, sometimes within a half hour. In specialty shops, films are sold to the sensitivity (ISO) and the different time break. And if you really want to give your photos a little air "Instagram", the Holga cameras are perfect to add all kinds of effects.

Replace film to fashion! © Ian Halsey

Real books versus e-readers e-books

What for

A book, it "starts" instantly, and it does not have batteries may drop. It can take to the beach, he fears neither sand nor water, and if left unattended time to swim, there is little risk that the flies. Everything is exactly the opposite of an iPad or an electronic reading light. Besides the pleasure of touching the paper, flip through the pages, measure a glance whether or not it is far from the end ... Nothing like finally to reappear intact souvenirs a few months later that take a book on a shelf and to return to old bus ticket which was used as a bookmark.

How

That's right, the books weigh more ... but can lend or give them to cross the road people, and lighten as the journey. They can also share in certain hostels or institutions offering scholarships for books. The novel that one carries with it an integral part of the trip, and is the perfect stress-generated e-readers or tablet computers multitasking antidote.

Letters versus instant messages

What for

Keep electronic contact with others when you are abroad has the advantage of immediacy, but these exchanges are often superficial and evanescent, simply because of the constraint imposed by the text message. As for the two lines summarizing your status, they are likely to read, mostly by people you've only met once.

So a tip: carefully avoid Twitter, Whatsapp, SMS, blogs and e-mails. Make joy your friends to send them real letters, old, written in your hand and whose envelope will bear colorful stamps. The letters are in themselves a little piece elsewhere who are traveling their recipients thought. They also can read and reread over and over again.

Another advantage and not least yourself have the freest spirit and at the same time fully focused on the country visited.

How

As with tweets, because it is an art to say in a few words the essence, whether a postcard or a letter (which will be less expensive to send that it will weigh lighter). Before you start writing your cards, remember to leave enough space for the stamp. Number of post offices now use thumbnails for franking. This is the time to resist buying beautiful stamps, chosen carefully.

Mail versus "Like" digital

What for

You too can receive mail overseas. A treat like none with the see add up to "Like" impersonal.

How

The general delivery service operates in many countries: in principle, the local post office will keep the mail that is sent to you in this way up to 10 or even 30 days. Just write your callers "General Delivery" on the envelope just after your name, then show the coordinates of a post office in the city where you are. In Canada and the United States (for national mail), replace the words "General Delivery" to "General Delivery". In other countries, the formulation is different depending on the language spoken. Learn first to the post office and then specify your friends how.

Old Postcard, USA © Ann Larie Valentine

Live music and conversations versus iPod

What for

Take refuge in his musical bubble is very nice, but it's also a good way to cut others and the world. Damage when have is traveling. Leaving your mp3 player in the closet, you bavarderez more easily with others, you will read more and probably sleep a little more. All without any effort .

How

True fans (the others for that matter) will appreciate to hear the music of the country visited available. Especially that beyond the music itself, it helps to be aware of how people listen and apprehend. For example, nothing more amazing than seeing a Japanese rock band to break loose a perfectly wise and attentive audience. For you to listen and see.