Tuesday, 19 February 2008

More Tasks

28. Plan your day around a few tasks, then spend the entire day without a map.
29. Be aware of your 'carbon footprint' whilst travelling - you should try to counteract all flights and car journeys with an act of 'greeness' - plant a tree, only use public transport for the equivalent time afterwards. Whilst traveling, try to use as much public transport as possible.
30. Find types of places you want to go to before hand - e.g. bookshops, galleries, coffee shops etc., then visit them and make a trail. e.g. 'My Bookshop Trail' (can be a list/route on a map/pinpoints etc.)
31. Go to a famous building/monumnet/bridge etc., line your camera up as if to take a picture of what's in front of you, then walk straight forward and take a picture as close in as you can (but in focus). Name the picture by the name of the famous structure.
32. Set out all of the things you want to take with you. Divide them into necessary and luxury items (be honest!) then only allow yourself 3 luxury items for the whole of you trip - these could be make up, a hair dryer, certain clothes, etc.
33. At the end of the trip or when you leave a place, choose ONE picture that you feel represents each day/place the best. Then put them together to see a visual representation of your whole trip.
34. Take a picture in every place you visit of the following things:
a house/flats, a church/cathedral, a monument, traffic lights/walk signs, a taxi/bus/train/car, the outside of a traditional restaurant, a traditional food dish, road signs/street names, a street, graffitti, trees, people - a man, a woman, a child, standout fashion/clothes, a cup of coffee or other hot drink, other preferred drink, adverts - major/flyers/posters etc, yourself - full body shot and head-shoulders shot.
35. If your trip is mainly to a city/a tou of cities, try to branch out of them and visit smaller towns, beaches or mountains, and vice versa.
36. Get on any bus/train/tram, local or larger, then get off at the 3rd or 9th stop, or the end of the line and see what you find.
37. After leaving a place or even while you're there, write down your 'Top 5' favourite things about it - they could be anything - a moment, a smell, a piece of food, something someone said to you etc, don't just think about phyisical places.
38. Try to notice how many people/who notices you as a tourist, not at all, or mistakes you for a natve, then write about these instances.

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