Comments on: Travel First Starts At Home

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 04:57:32 +0000

Will reopen it in January 2011 =)

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 03:24:03 +0000

You should reopen it! Let me know if you do!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:50:52 +0000

Great article! “A Traveler knowns no distance” applies to this (my personal motto). My first experience of exploring a city is actually in Toronto. In 2005 my dreams of going to “Europe” were crushed finding out I didn’t have sufficient money. I was a following a blog about a guy who was in the same situation the previous year (he’s from Seattle) and instead of going to an exotic land, he spent his summer exploring his city. He lived there his entire life and have travelled to a lot of places but when it comes to Seattle he was clueless. So he had a brilliant idea, why not travel in my hometown? I followed suit, and this is how the story of why I know so much about Toronto. In 2006, I traveled Toronto the entire summer. I instantly fell in love with my city! Since then, I’ve been sharing my knowledge to friends, family and other travelers who come to Toronto. I personally think that every traveler should be a good Ambassador to their hometown. We come back telling our friends about our amazing stories from our travels, but in return we should talk about how beautiful our hometown is during our travels to the people we meet.
I used to have a blog for it but closed the account, now I’m thinking of reopening it again.

By: Clare A Was W

Clare A Was W — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:45:09 +0000

I agree with Stevo.. I am British but I live in Los Angeles. It’s just become home.. after 8 years.

Yet there is actually TONS to see and do here that I have not done.

I also find oddly enough watching Globetrekker makes me feel less sad about not being able to be traveling.

Anyone interested in the state of mind of travel should check out Alain de Botton’s book about that very fact. http://www.alaindebotton.com/travel.asp

By: Lilian

Lilian — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:34:07 +0000

What you write is so true. A few years back, I did look at guidebooks to my hometown. And well, learnt a few things indeed =)

By: AJ

AJ — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:07:17 +0000

Taking my out of town guests and co-workers around my hometown/state is a great travel experience for me. I work in an economically depressed but environmentally rich part of the US. To show off the great cultural diversity and ethnic cuisine that has become “hometown” food makes me fall for my hometown all over again. The questions about my town also motivate me to research more of the history to make a better presentation next time! Love the idea of taking a picture a day. I may do a photo a week in 2010!
Thanks for the article!

By: tawan

tawan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:47:10 +0000

Thanks, that was a very interesting read. The history behind the facts…

By: lakshmi

lakshmi — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:41:44 +0000

very well expressed ..and very useful tips during the recession, i must say

By: Stevo

Stevo — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:40:39 +0000

Great post, Scott. I agree.

I live in China, and while that may seem very alluring to some, it is the same as living anywhere else. You become immune to the wonders around you. One of my resolutions this year was to see more, to travel around my city and province.

You can see a lot staying close to home.

By: Scott Gilbertson

Scott Gilbertson — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:49:22 +0000

@Tanya – I like that idea, traveling your town with a friend, similar in some ways to @Lifecruiser’s suggestion about guiding out of town friends. I didn’t include it in the list, but hosting couchsurfing.com guests could be an easy way to get an outsider’s perspective on your town. Haven’t done it yet myself, but i’d be curious to here from those that have.