Maps and navigation
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RTWBarefoot
replying to @OanaRoua @OanaRoua One thing I was always advised was, take a business card or something with the hotel's name and address on it, *in the local script*, not just in the latin script, so you can just show it to people if you need to find the way back. #pttravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @Morology: @kate_frankie A3: Who was it that once quipped, I've never been lost but I was bewildered once for three days. :-) #pttravel
Travel_Session
replying to @Travel_Session
A3- Even with a map, you can easily get turned around in the alleys in 🇮🇹#Venice
#PTTravel #travelingsession
OanaRoua
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot I first had to check in to the hotel to be able to get a card. All I knew was the name. I kept stopping random people and ask them, until someone finally knew what I was looking for and took me there, haha #pttravel
findinganeish
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie Haha, in theory, but I’m not sure people I travel with would say it works in practice. #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @aok_NW: A3 #pttravel Beijing was a hard place to navigate because they throttle their mobile data way down. It would take forever to l…
Morology
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @OanaRoua Yup, this has gotten me back "home" more than once. #pttravel
NomadKeith
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @findinganeish @kate_frankie #pttravel That's the way we did it in Venice. Memorised the way to our hotel from St. Mark's Square, then if we needed directins, asked to be directed to St Mark's Square, then took it from there/
findinganeish
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie Yes, landmarks is the other one. If York didn’t have the Minster I’d probably still be there now. #PTTravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @Morology: @RTWBarefoot @OanaRoua Yup, this has gotten me back "home" more than once. #pttravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @NomadKeith: @RTWBarefoot @findinganeish @kate_frankie #pttravel That's the way we did it in Venice. Memorised the way to our hotel from…
OanaRoua
replying to @NomadKeith @NomadKeith @RTWBarefoot @findinganeish @kate_frankie You can get really lost in Venice on those small, narrow alleys. #pttravel
ASolastie
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @findinganeish @kate_frankie That is a good method. Always try to follow that. #pttravel
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
A2 I have used a paper map and compass before but I'd like to do that more. Especially hiking. I tend to only do routes that are marked and it would be great to go where I wanted. I'm always using maps on my phone when on trips or for work
FE_photograph
Was in Watford a few weeks back - the multi-storey gets locked - we spent ages trying to find a way in - would still be there but for the kindness of strangers #PTTravel A3
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
Q4 Share photos of maps or places you've been where you navigated your way
RTWBarefoot
RT @FE_photograph: Was in Watford a few weeks back - the multi-storey gets locked - we spent ages trying to find a way in - would still be…
RTWBarefoot
RT @ASolastie: @RTWBarefoot @findinganeish @kate_frankie That is a good method. Always try to follow that. #pttravel
ThiamMeka2Gogue
07:38 PM greetings from a 82°F Yaoundé, Cameroon night, with a pleasure to join and have fun in knowledge sharing and discovery
#PTTravel https://t.co/dQ1hYFuRZ3
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie
@kate_frankie #pttravel up a hill. lots of hills.
This was ... somewhere in Northumberland on the pennine way. I look grumpy cos I'd taken a wrong turn somewhere and the GPS locator on my phone was playing up. And it was a bit damp.
NomadKeith
A4 #pttravel
This is the only one I have handy ... downloaded for an upcoming trip. I feel more comfortable knowing roughly where I am, or am going to be on the Earth's surface.
aok_NW
A4 #pttravel I remember traveling through the Julien Alps of Slovenia through the Soca River Valley to the coast required me to look at the map a lot.
findinganeish
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie A3. I am permanently lost. Even in places I think I know. Princes Street in Edinburgh is never the same length twice. I swear. #PTTravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @NomadKeith @NomadKeith that's a highly detailed and specific map. #pttravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @findinganeish: @kate_frankie A3. I am permanently lost. Even in places I think I know. Princes Street in Edinburgh is never the same le…
ThiamMeka2Gogue
A1
Captain James Cook’s voyage for the Australis Incognita
would interest me because Cook mapped the entire New Zealand coastline with only minor errors, which was a remarkable feat for the time.
#PTTravel https://t.co/M3UigUJt5Q
Travel_Session
replying to @Travel_Session
A4- I've gotten lost in so many cities, I don't know where to start
🇯🇵#Aomorii
🇺🇸#NYC
🇳🇱#Amsterdam
#PTTravel #travelingsession
NomadKeith
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot #pttravel At the moment, I just need to know the relative position of a few places/things. I'll try to get hold of a more detailed map closer to the time.
RTWBarefoot
RT @Travel_Session: A4- I've gotten lost in so many cities, I don't know where to start
🇯🇵#Aomorii
🇺🇸#NYC
🇳🇱#Amsterdam
#PTTravel #travel…
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
A3 I have many funny, scary and weird stories on my travels. One of being lost was not knowing the right building, entrance or lift to take in a city in China. It was a skyscraper & I took the lift I thought was right. Stepped out on floor to completely deserted
kate_frankie
replying to @kate_frankie They had moved. Lift door closed. I couldn't call the lift back because floor isn't in use. Wires hanging from ceiling as I walked to find stairs. Couldn't get through locked door. Panic sets in. Cleaner found me & dragged me to service lift. Bad start to work day! #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @ASolastie: @kate_frankie A1: I have always been interested in Norwegian explorers like Nansen, Amundsen etc. and their polar expedition…
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @findinganeish @kate_frankie in any given local area, I navigate my landmarks. So I know to, eg, turn left at the church,…
kate_frankie
RT @OanaRoua: A3: When I arrived to a small town in China, forgetting to write down the address of my hotel. All I knew was the name. Back…
RTWBarefoot
replying to @findinganeish @findinganeish @kate_frankie i'll be honest, i sometimes have difficulty working out where my bedroom wall is in relation to my kitchen, but that's more the #dyspraxia. #pttravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @kate_frankie: #PTTravel Chat
A3 I have many funny, scary and weird stories on my travels. One of being lost was not knowing the right…
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
Q5 If you were to use maps and a compass in future on any hikes or road trips, which would they be and why?
kate_frankie
RT @ASolastie: @RTWBarefoot @findinganeish @kate_frankie That is a good method. Always try to follow that. #pttravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie Someone wrote a horror short story about someone accidentally getting off a tube train as it stopped in a disused underground station, and being trapped there #pttravel
kate_frankie
RT @FE_photograph: Was in Watford a few weeks back - the multi-storey gets locked - we spent ages trying to find a way in - would still be…
kate_frankie
RT @OanaRoua: No photo of a map, but here's a city I've learned from a paper map first: Rome #PTTravel https://t.co/M9a0mY5WhP
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie #pttravel up a hill. lots of hills.
This was ... somewhere in Northumberland on the pennine way. I look gru…