going local
Weaving goodbye – going local in Peru
Nina Fogelman and Ancient Summit, Inc., are the inspiration for and the host of a new documentary (see the trailer below) that was filmed in the summer of 2009. The documentary features five American teenagers with a strong desire to go local, to immerse themselves in a different culture and forge a bond through the […]
Local Travel is Slow Travel in Berlin
Berlin is an ideal city for Local Travel – or what we at Slow Travel Berlin would call “Slow Travel”. It’s a distinctive city in both German and European terms, with a unique historical development. In the last century it has endured two world wars and a cold war, which, as you can imagine, creates […]
Carrying on the local travel tradition in Namibia
It could be said that local travel made me what I am today. At the very least, it brought me to where I am today, which has had a huge impact on who I am. Many years ago, at a time in my life when I was searching for something, I travelled to Namibia. Reality […]
Going local in Marrakech, Morocco
My passion for Morocco came to me over 10 years ago during a trip in the south of the country. Since then I have been back many times, but the short visits ended one cold, wet, December afternoon in London when I received a call from a new contact asking me to spend a week […]
Local Travel Movement – Tour Guys
I think there is a shift happening in the kinds of travel experiences many people are seeking: a drift away from traditional sun and sand vacations towards a more meaningful type of trip. The cruises and resort vacations will always be popular, but it seems more and more people are seeking out moments of cultural […]
Going local – yesterday and again today
There’s always a lot of banter about travel “back in the day.” Each generation of sojourners loves to lose itself in a halcyon haze, reflecting back on a time gone by when travel was clearly at its best… and then lost to the ever-denser droves of insensitive and irresponsible touring ogres. My golden age was […]