During our present time, expression of oneself is done mainly through social networking. Face book, MySpace, twitter, even blogs are used as showcasing of an individuals personality rather than what they where originally intended for, simply communication. When did our world change so much that a profile seems to be more relevant to that individual than his or her actions?

            The article Savor the Trip, Don’t Tweet it is a narration based on the concept of travel now being experience through the screens of technology rather than traveling through the adventure ourselves. When updates on tweeter and face book constantly steam through cyberspace the traveler is missing the adventure, and is simply living his travel as a stories to tell his friends back home, “instead of having the experience you observe yourself having the experience”(Elliott). In this particular case Christopher Elliott is completely right. But in my opinion the reason people stick so closely to technology is because the are grasping to who they believe they are based on that silly little profile. It’s a home away from home; it’s a reminder of what is at home waiting. But that reminder, that safety net is only hurting the individual in the long run. To travel in the fullest extent is to be willing to change, open your mind, and find something out about the world or perhaps even yourself that you never knew about. To truly travel you have to leave your safely net and light a candle in the darkest of rooms and find out what’s there. In my personal opinion I think technology use on our trip should be limited to avoid this epidemic. Phone usage should probably be scheduled and honestly face book can wait.

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             GPS are lame, I’d rather be lost and  feel the great satisfaction when I finally know where I am, just saying.