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The Philosophical Traveller
Taking the long way home
The Philosophical Traveller
The insights and subsequent enlightenment (the latter is always a process and never an event) that you get when you look at life through a different lens, can be liberating. Engaged and participatory travel also involves critical analysis and introspection; and is therefore a creative endeavour. It is an antidote to the “sigh in a shouting mob” syndrome.
Great site. i am glad I found it. My I put you on my e-mail list to receive my association’s African Diaspora Travel Guide Newsletter?
Kitty
By: kitty Pope on July 25, 2009
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Many thanks Kitty. As a Canadian, I have learned how much amazing black history and heritage there is to discover in the United States … and throughout the world.
Bob Fisher
By: Bob Fisher on July 25, 2009
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Hi,
I’ve just found your site, looking for info about Martinique’s tourism. I’m glad to see you enjoyed your trip.
Madly
By: tourismemartinique on April 12, 2010
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Thanks Madly. Martinique blew me away … and I am French-speaking.
By: Bob Fisher on April 13, 2010
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Merci pour votre réponse. Pourra-t-on échanger à l’occasion? Cela me serait sûrement très utile pour mon mémoire.
Je me suis permise de publier votre article ici: http://tourismemartinique.wordpress.com/2010/04/12/multidimensional-martinique-19-novembre-2009-httprobefish-wordpress-com/
By: tourismemartinique on April 14, 2010
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Bonjour encore. S’il y a des articles ou d’autres informations sur mon site qui seront utiles, vous avez ma permission de les mettre sure voter site. Merci
By: Bob Fisher on April 14, 2010
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Post scriptum … si vous utilisez mes articles, pourriez-vous y mettre le lien direct ou à mon site ou à l’article lui-même?
By: Bob Fisher on April 14, 2010
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hi
I just read through your entire website and I think it’s incredible all the places you’ve been and your responses to them! You have an incredible insight on so many topics. I’m hoping to be a travel photojournalist [or anything that revolves around travel] when I’m older – do you have any suggestions on how to become one?
By: Anneke on December 7, 2010
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Hello Anneke:
I am glad that you are considering some area of the travel and tourism industry as a career.
Here are some general points as suggestions:
The travel and tourism industry is probably the most diverse and multidimensional industry in the world.
There are an almost unlimited number of specialized fields in it … photojournalism is one of them.
I recommend that you always “think outside the box” … stay ahead of “the game” while at the same time always preserving and conserving the fundamental principles of all journalism: neutrality, critical analysis, always striving for a high degree of good language use, quality, quality, quality, never giving in to the lowest-common-denominator (e.g. Fox TV and ilk) … and I could go on …
Always remember that the human species has an eons-old history of storytelling. It’s all about telling stories that resonate with the hearts and minds of real people.
Anyone can learn to be insightful; it is all about paying attention, being a keen observer, and always asking “Why?” Sometimes asking questions, what journalists do, is more productive than finding “so-called” answers.
Real journalists (travel and otherwise) are eclectic people with an interest in just about anything. Never take anything for granted.
I will soon be posting a podcast on my site called “The Concentric Worlds of Travel and Engineering” recorded with a former student of mine. Use this particular podcast as a case study for just about anything in the world of journalism. Listen to how Ian (a former student of mine) sees and articulates the interconnectedness and interdependence of all things.
Each one of my stories paints a portrait of “the human condition,” about some aspect of our species, themes, and issues especially. Always strive to be issue-oriented but also remember to celebrate the very best in humankind.
Above all, trust your intuition (some would say instinct) and trust your own judgement of how you see the world.
By: Bob Fisher on December 10, 2010
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