{"id":338,"date":"2012-02-06T08:49:26","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T16:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jett.in\/?p=338"},"modified":"2012-02-06T08:49:26","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T16:49:26","slug":"indie-travel-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2012\/02\/indie-travel-manifesto\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Travel Manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootsnall.com\/articles\/12-01\/join-bootsnalls-indie-travel-challenge-2012.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bootsnall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/indiechallenge.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootsnall.com\/blog\/announcing-the-indie-travel-manifesto.html\" target=\"_blank\">BootsnAll Indie Travel Challenge Project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>the cool cats over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootsnall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">BootsnAll<\/a>\u00a0recently launched the <a href=\"http:\/\/indietravel.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indie Travel Manifesto<\/a> project, which serves to give a collaborative home for people who love and believe in this kind of travel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/indietravel.org\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/indietravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/manifestocolor-small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"477\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>there are a lot of great statements there, and you are encouraged to vote them up or down. here are the ones that i upvoted, the ones that really struck a chord with me and the way i like to travel:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>seeing yourself in the context of a rich and complex world<\/li>\n<li>defining your values, exploring your beliefs, and crafting your own meaning for life<\/li>\n<li>options over possessions<\/li>\n<li>interactions over transactions<\/li>\n<li>first-hand experience over expert opinions<\/li>\n<li>mental and spiritual growth as much as physical adventure<\/li>\n<li>private transformation over social status and bragging rights<\/li>\n<li>pack light and keep things simple<\/li>\n<li>adapt as you go rather than micromanage in advance<\/li>\n<li>slow down and enjoy an experience<\/li>\n<li>seek pleasure in simple moments and details<\/li>\n<li>make meaningful connections and informed decisions<\/li>\n<li>learn the economic, political and environmental context of my host culture<\/li>\n<li>practice courtesy, patience, humility, and good humor<\/li>\n<li>seek to understand &#8212; not judge or romanticize &#8212; other cultures<\/li>\n<li>give back to the local economy<\/li>\n<li>share what you&#8217;ve learned with others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ha! maybe i should have listed the statements i <em>didn&#8217;t<\/em>\u00a0upvote. \ud83d\ude1b not that they&#8217;re any less valid, but less &#8220;me&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>i absolutely am in love with the first two<\/strong>, and i think they interplay very well forming the core of the whole &#8220;indie&#8221; thing. there is so much more to this world than what meets the eye when i look out of the windows of my house or car. when you realize that, and that you are just one of <em>billions, with a &#8216;b&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0&#8212; each one different from the next, each one with a story to tell, it directly affects the way you think. when i travel, i try to soak up collective (in the form of art, culture, food, history) and individual stories, and i like to think it expands my mind: continually shaping who i am, literally and figuratively changing my internal worldview. this exploration is what i live for and the prospect of discovery is what drives me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>part of the BootsnAll Indie Travel Challenge Project the cool cats over at BootsnAll\u00a0recently launched the Indie Travel Manifesto project, which serves to give a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Indie Travel Manifesto \/ht @bootsnall #travel #travelblog","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5],"tags":[386,466],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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