"Savor the Trip, Don't Tweet It"

In this article, the author Elliott Christopher expresses his concerns about the use of technology when traveling.  He believes that people spend too much time with their phones and cameras that they don't get the full experience of the trip.  To make the trip more meaningful he suggest that people limit the use of technology when traveling.  He says that when we use technology, "it trivializes travel, turning it from a much-needed, multisensory recreational experience into fleeting and utterly forgettable entertainment." I am very excited to go on this trip.  I am looking forward to this new experience and I hope to learn a lot on this trip.  When I read this article it really made me think about how much I use technology on a trip.  On previous trips, I always came home with hundreds of pictures and after reading this I wonder if I actually got the full experience on those trips. I believe that on this trip we should really try to limit the use of technology.  I still think that we should be able to take pictures, but I think we should try to take pictures that are more meaningful.  Instead of taking pictures of every little thing, we should try to capture the moments that we don't want to forget.  We also shouldn't be allowed to use our phones.  I think that if we use our phones we will be too busy using them and we would miss everything that is going on around us. We shouldn't be concerned about what our friends are doing and we shouldn't have to share what we are doing at that exact moment.  There will be time for that later. We should be living in the moment.  I don't want to be like some travelers who "see the world through the tiny screens of theirs smart phones before they bother looking at the real thing".  To get the full experience there should deffinately be a limit on the use of technology.