{"id":410,"date":"2009-03-12T11:20:32","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T15:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=410"},"modified":"2012-09-27T13:37:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T17:37:30","slug":"travel-tip-of-the-week-put-the-camera-down-sometimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/travel-tip-of-the-week-put-the-camera-down-sometimes","title":{"rendered":"Travel Tip of the Week: Put the Camera Down! (Sometimes&#8230;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Every week,<em> <strong>Explorations<\/strong><\/em><strong> <\/strong>will offer all you inveterate travelers a travel tip from one of our expert Program Consultants.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s travel tip is from <strong>Program Consultant Mark Ruggiero<\/strong>, and it&#8217;s a good one for those of us who sometimes forget to engage all our senses during travel&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, it looks like Sarah beat me to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/travel-tip-of-the-week-dont-be-shy\" target=\"_blank\">don\u2019t be shy tip<\/a>, but I want to echo that sentiment.\u00a0 Take some chances and talk to the locals as you travel.\u00a0 More often than not, they\u2019ll have great suggestions for places to see and things to do that no guidebook can offer&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>One thing that I have learned over my travels is <strong>not to take pictures 24\/7<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong&#8211;photos are great travel mementos. But if you come back from your trip and you have more pictures taken than stories to tell and experiences to share, you may be disappointed down the line.<\/p>\n<p>When I travel abroad, I\u2019ll take a couple pictures here and there, but then I want to discover these new locales with my own senses rather than through a camera lens.\u00a0 Creating your travel stories can be tough when you\u2019ve always got a camera pressed up to your face!<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re traveling with friends, share your pictures!\u00a0 You don\u2019t need to take all the same pictures.\u00a0 If you spend less time taking pictures and more time exploring, you\u2019ll have better memories and stories to share when you return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week, Explorations will offer all you inveterate travelers a travel tip from one of our expert Program Consultants. This week&#8217;s travel tip is from Program Consultant Mark Ruggiero, and it&#8217;s a good one for those of us who sometimes forget to engage all our senses during travel&#8230; Well, it looks like Sarah beat me <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/travel-tip-of-the-week-put-the-camera-down-sometimes\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,63,172],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-parents","category-students","category-teachers","tag-travel-tips","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1573,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions\/1573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}