Vegan Travelogue 樂旅行

劍橋大學的教授問我: 你認為旅人和觀光客有什麼不同? 我說 我曾看過在羅浮宮裡奔跑趕場的旅行團 看過在絕美的教科文組之一產的克羅埃西亞古城時 貴婦們抱怨無聊為啥沒空買名牌 卻也看過熱血背包客被搶窮途潦倒又累到沒心情欣賞風景 我想 最大的不同 是他們如何去體驗和看待旅行的過程 旅人們 或許不屑觀光客的速食玩法 但我認為 至少他們踏出門 看看世界了 只是旅人的慢行 比較有時間 在旅途中 呼吸當地的氣息 皮膚去感受當地的冷冽炙熱 看到的不只是地標風景或建築 而是自己去體驗文化 歷史 大自然 城市 所交織出過去與未來的融合的感受 而成為自己的回憶 在腦海裡或相機裡 旅人也好 觀光客也罷 我們不都是這人生 在這時間與空間裡 在這次元裡 不斷前行的旅人….. by Mila H. 10.24.2013 The professor in University of Cambridge asked me, “What’s the difference between a tourist and a traveler?” Here’s my answer. I used to see groups of tour rushing in le Lourve to see only the famous top five artworks; I saw people complain about not having enough time to shop when we were in one of the most beautiful ancient city listed on UNSCO in Croatia; I’ve also seen a passionate backpacker, robbed and exhausted, with no energy, nor support to appreciate the landscape and to journey on …. Well, the biggest difference between the two is how they experience and see the experiences during the trip. Travelers might not like the way tourists’ “fast-food” style of traveling. Yet, I think it’s not that bad at least they’ve tried and step into the world. It’s just that travelers have more time and to breathe in the atmosphere, to feel the temperature; to see only only the landmarks but to experience the culture, history, nature, cities and mingle oneself into the local, in the moment, between the past and the future. Then the experiences become memories exist in mind and in cameras. Either tourists or travelers, after all, we are all travelers on the life journey. We travel in time, space; in this dimension. A tourist or a traveler, just the different way of experiencing life, marching constantly …. by Mila H. 10.24.2013