Comments on: When Getting Lost is a Good Thing

By: Stephanie Yoder’s Twenty-Something Travel « Travel Blog Sites – The Web's Best

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:42:44 +0000

[...] waxes poetic about the joys of getting lost and what the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life has to do with [...]

By: Travel Blogger Friday #8 | The Aussie Nomad

Travel Blogger Friday #8 | The Aussie Nomad — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:21:36 +0000

[...] when I read Steph’s post over at twenty-somethingtravel.com… about When Getting Lost is a Good Thing I just nodded in agreement and couldn’t wait to get lost somewhere around the [...]

By: Steph

Steph — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:02:18 +0000

haha I like that. “I’m still alive so it can’t have been too dangerous!”

By: Steph

Steph — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:01:57 +0000

I know sometimes it’s hard to remember how we survived without phones and gps! Definitely important to get back to those roots once in awhile.

By: AdventureRob

AdventureRob — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:18:14 +0000

Getting lost is good some times. In fact it’s becoming rare due to technology (I got gps on my phone and managed to make my way home after missing bus and refuing to pay for a taxi in a foreign country) that people are taking trips and getting lost on purpose to see what they find. It’s good for the soul.

By: Steph

Steph — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:07:13 +0000

haha nice point, there’s a time to get lost and pouring rain isn’t it!

By: Steph

Steph — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:05:50 +0000

That’s a good point that constantly relying on maps hardwires your brain a certain way. It’s important to be able to find your way on your own.

By: Travelfusion

Travelfusion — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:42:46 +0000

What a great post! I’ve had that panicky feeling of “oh no I’m lost!” several times on my travels but the feeling of accomplishment I feel after finding my way is well worth it in the end…and clearly it’s never been overly dangerous as I’m still here to tell the tale!

Kathryn @Travelfusion

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:42:15 +0000

I don’t think you could have said it any better. Sometimes getting off the beaten track is exactly what we need. All too often we just follow what others have done before us instead of making our own path.
Eric´s last blog ..MatadorU

By: Sasha

Sasha — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:04:36 +0000

London is the place to get lost!!! I think I’ve gotten lost in London more then anywhere else and i refuse to get my map out so i don’t look like a tourist!!! Mind i have gotten lost in Sydney alot and i go there all the time so i’ve just accepted that i’ll never have any sense of direction!!!

It’s so true some of the best times and hidden gems are found getting lost, although i wouldn’t recommend it with 4 bags of grocery’s in the pouring rain walking in the wrong direction for half an hour LOL
Sasha´s last blog ..Helping Haiti

By: johan

johan — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:46:10 +0000

Good topic!
I spend I long time in the African bush without GPS or maps. You learn to actually watch where you go and put certain landmarks on your hard-drive (brain). Now being back in Holland everybody uses a tom-tom in their car and when the thing makes a mistake (due to road works) everybody gets up tight and nervous. I don’t have that issue as I am still watching where I go.
johan´s last blog ..When Service Providing Fails

By: Steph

Steph — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:03:14 +0000

It’s true= even if you DON’T want to get lost in Venice you wont have much choice, its inevetiable.

By: Steph

Steph — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:02:48 +0000

I swear, that city was just impossibly pretty. All of those red roofs and hills. Total must see.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:35:29 +0000

I think Venice is impossible to navigate WITH a map! My best memories of Venice include wandering aimlessly around the city and finding the often dead ending alleyway.
Matt´s last blog ..Teaching English in Spain: An Interview with Cat Gaa (Part 1)

By: Chris - The Aussie Nomad

Chris - The Aussie Nomad — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:13:40 +0000

That’s an awesome photo from Sarejevsko. It just proves the point that a map or guide book can’t tell you everything. By wandering yourself you find your own little gems.
Chris – The Aussie Nomad´s last blog ..Follow Up On Travel Blogger Friday

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:49:36 +0000

Yes but there are some benefits to having your blackberry work abroad aside from not getting lost, like being able to figure out what kind of restaurants are around etc. But I understand what you both mean.

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:17:28 +0000

the longer you travel the easier it is to become laid back about these things. It helps if you don’t have to rush from landmark to landmark.

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:00:47 +0000

I have a GPS system for my car and I even feel kind of icky using that sometimes, I don’t know why. Don’t like being told what to do I guess.

By: Nomadic Chick

Nomadic Chick — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:25:32 +0000

I am hopeless with directions so a blackberry would help me! My past travels were always time dependent, but this trip I’ll keep a map close by, but let my natural wandering ways take over. Thanks for the great article.
Nomadic Chick´s last blog ..Gypsy Tips – Savings and Banking

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:38:42 +0000

Great Blurb! I hate reading about Americans who are going to go off travelling and they ask “will my blackberry work?” so they can use the maps feature like alllll the time on it.

If I am going to a first world country, where I know I can get an english/local map, I usually don’t buy my map until I arrive, so I can see what the locals use. (ie: the A-Zed!)