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The place we're staying has no in-unit Internet. Oh, the horrors! In fact, while yesterday the wifi seemed to work seemlessly, today, it's down and I'm in a stuffy room with a broken fan just off the bar. I had to wait the better part of the day -- the bar was locked tight this morning. I paced. I wandered. I tried three times to connect to the uncooperative wifi. And I gave up. We went to town, had lunch. I walked on the beach. I took a nap and read my book. I talked to my travel companions. I played my ukulele. And still, when I could finally get access to this less than luxurious business center, guess where I went, instead of back to the beach to watch the gathering swells. Yeah, you got that right. I'm pathetic.
If you follow the travelsphere, you didn't miss the big fat Twitter controversy stirred up by Rolf Potts over at World Hum. You also didn't miss Jessica's elegant response on BootsNAll. You might know, if you read me at all, that I LOVE TWITTER, even more so after my wonderful Hawaii contacts on Twitter invited me to two events [vanity link], one a lunch with technonerds, the other a cocktail hour with more PR/tourism types. I'm totally delighted that I was plugged in while in Waikiki -- without being connected, it would have made it all that much harder to... well, connect.
I do think I need to unplug more when I'm traveling. It's a tough compromise, though. Since I blog about travel and use the web to connect with fellow travelers, the Internet has become a critical part of my travel experience. Our current situation is a nice compromise. All the amenities are here, they're just not in our room. We have no phone, no TV, no wifi. We do have an absolutely breathtaking view of the Pacific and when I locked the door behind me to closet myself in this muggy little office, surfers were gathering in the growing waves. I'm keenly aware that what I should be doing is sitting on the balcony, drinking something tall and cold, eating a little more pineapple, and leaving all this technology and connectivity for the time -- too soon in the future -- when I can't hear the surf.
- Treehugger has a nice post up about a couple who unplugged from their "real life" -- they're not sissies like me who can't go a day without checking their mail.
- This Uptake post includes unplugging as one of the ways to truly relax when you're on holiday.
- Location Independent Professional reminds digital nomads that we, too, need to get off the grid now and then.
Pam blogs about travel and other adventures at Nerd's Eye View.
