What compels some people to never leave their hometown, while others crave a nomadic life without a home the moment they can take off on their own? That’s how this episode begins; find out where the Gorilla Men fit into that spectrum. Hometowns are common things for most of us, but some people move about or travel so much, answering “Where are you from?” is difficult. We discuss that for a bit before traveling to our next point: the benefits of travel…
Are there benefits to traveling even a little bit? How about traveling a lot? Obviously, there are — and we discuss them…but we also discuss the drawbacks. Then we get personal as we talk about other countries we’ve visited and the most interesting places we’ve seen in our travels. Of course, as writers, we take a side trip into this question: can writers believably set stories in places they have never visited…and how writers can go about doing just that. Then we hit the road!
The Great American Road Trip: we’re biased when it comes to road trips — we love them! Christopher goes as far as making the argument that there is no shame in not having seen many different countries when there is so much to see in the states. We talk about road trips’ effect on our writing and reminisce for a moment about the best road trips we’ve ever taken.
Then it’s back to the big, wide world as we discuss our dream destinations and places we’d love to visit that would make others say, “You’re crazy for wanting to go there!” Finally, we wrap it all up by discussing our favorite places to travel.
We’d love to hear your dream destinations or favorite trips in the comments!
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I’m a homebody who loves to travel. (I know that doesn’t make sense.)
I’ve moved more times than I can count. Some of the places I’ve lived: San Francisco, Japan, Korea, Vancouver, Indiana, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and now New Hampshire. I’ve vacationed in Mexico and Jamaica, and at least driven through most of the United States. The desolate American Southwest is also one of my favorite destinations.
My dream destination is Paris at dusk, walking along the Seine, through a fog and slight drizzle. Temperature doesn’t matter, I’m flexible. 🙂 I also wouldn’t mind visiting a terraformed Mars.
I used to want to visit the Palm Islands, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Islands they looked so fantastical and futuristic. But then I read up on the culture. Yikes.
Like you, I get some of my best writing ideas on the open road. I believe seeing the landscape change sparks creativity. “The world might not actually exist.” I know what you mean. At times I’m more convinced it’s an illusion.
The American Southwest really is quite a place! Good pick on another planet being a dream destination!
I almost got to go to Abu Dhabi with an old job, and it would have taken me to Dubai for a day. The Palm Islands are just bizarre. “Hey, let’s build islands out there and…let’s make them look like things from the air!” And so they did… It’s an odd place. Everyone I know who’s been there has enjoyed aspects of it…but wouldn’t want to keep going back.