Hi,

>> For me, real adventure travel does not just come from the journey itself but from feeling cut off
from one's normal way of life - a situation that forces you to accept what you find and become absorbed by it.

Well im really enjoy having Internet...thats something i allways look forward if im cut off somewhere in the wild.
Its a very powerfull tool. Without being able to speak the local language, i get a lot of information about the countrys
from other peoples online travel reports or from the HUBB and sometimes i even get invited to stay with
people all over the world using couchsurfing.


Internet also gives you the chance to download good maps for your GPS and to backup the fotos you need if you plan
to publish your story in a magazine or want to make a slideshow to earn a bit of money for the next trip.
In case your camera gets stolen or when i was arested in sudan and forced to delete the pictures on my camera,
they where not lost.


It also makes me feel less lonely. By far not all places have internet fast enouth to use skype, but even
waiting 30 minutes untill the login of gmail was successfull and being able to reed one single email from my girlfriend
before the electricity fails again gives me the strength to continue my trip.

Of course if would have been much nicer to travel together with here but sometimes this is just not possible.

Greetings from Columbia, Tobi
Motorrad Reise durch Ecuador und Columbien - Teil 4