Do you remember back when you had to book your big vacation through a travel agent? How about when you sent off a postcard to update folks at home about the latest vacation adventure? Can you imagine that we once had to lug around multiple rolls of film with ONLY 24 or 36 pictures? Pictures, that we had to WAIT until we got home to develop???
To those of you who aren't old enough to remember this fairly recent but almost forgotten era, you can continuing watching the latest episode of Gossip Girl or listening to Justin Beiber ---perhaps after learning a little about vacations that were once taken sans Facebook,Twitter and (gasp) Iphones.
On her blog Chicky Bus, avid travler Lisa discusses travel in the "Dark Ages" a.k.a vacations through the 1990s. She ponders the ultimate question: are travel experiences enhanced or made worse by our ability to stay constantly connected?
As a new blogger, admitted email addict, avid fan of social media and as someone who unabashedly loves my Ipod, net book, cell phone, Kindle and digital camera -- I land solidly in the camp that argues that elements of the digital age have mainly made our travel experiences better.
Click here to read "Travel in the Dark Ages–i.e., When the World Was Lower-Tech" and decide for yourself.
Photo Credit: http://sharpenededges.com
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