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The New
TRAVELER Berlin Travel Festival Magazine
Issue 02
◊ Discovering Bhutan’s
◊ Climbing the for
pride ◊ Women hit the road – with and
◊ BudgetTraveller on
◊ Away with ◊ Zodiac journeys
A NOTE FROM THE FOUNDERS
For the second issue of The New connection with
Traveler, we’re exploring the values of the people and
the next generation of globetrotters. places around
We’ve called on our community from them. The new
around the world to create a magazine traveler pursues
that, like the Berlin Travel Festival, is unfamiliar
filled with adventure and exchange. Our experiences and embodies an
magazine reflects the themes of the unprecedented level of consciousness.
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What does the travel agency of the future look like? ranging from master classes to hands-on adventurers, couch surfers, and social
How can increased customer enthusiasm for innovative travel shop concepts be taken into account?
And, what shapes interactions between consumers and brands?
DIY workshops, and over 150 exhibitors innovators, we welcome the challenge
who approach their brands with forward- of epitomizing responsible travel.
thinking passion and awareness. Thus, the Berlin Travel Festival has
Over sixty years ago, German invited brands that balance purpose
13:00 WELCOME 16:30 Best Cases of Global Retail author and poet Hans Magnus with profit. Speakers focused on
Ian Cumming Wolf Jochen Schulte-Hillen
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Cover photo: Jörg Brüggemann/OSTKREUZ. Founders photo: Peter van Heesen
Patrick Whyte High-Tech Easy in the Tourism we’re cautiously celebrating the arrival secondary cities by going local. These are
Skift Sector of a new consciousness surrounding slow travel destinations with offerings
Steven Boylan
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Michael Wolff
15:00 New Leisure and Retail Experiences Wolowo
dedicated to being the change. After travelers who, like us, #traveldifferent
Nicole Srock.Stanley all, what makes seeing the world so with purpose – and never forget to have
dan pearlman 17:40 WRAP UP special, is protecting it. a whole lot of fun along the way.
But who is this “new traveler”? The We’re glad you’re with us for the
15 :45 Airbnb Goes Physical – An Imagined new traveler is delighted by exchange journey.
Future
Ayhan Yuruk and community. The new traveler
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The New Traveler Magazine
CONTENTS
WALK
Intro
Founders’ Letter Page 3
THIS WAY!
Page 16-20
Essay
Travel Different + Mini Feature
Walk this Way! Page 5
On the road with animal
companions.
Trend Report Page 6-7
Photo Feature
Two Wheels South Page 8
On the Go
Page 22-23
Tip List Page 9
Page 14
Interview
The Quiet Power in Happiness Page 10
Feature
Back to Earth Page 11-13
ou can travel alone or take a
companion with you. But why not
Accessories List
Take Me with You Page 14 do both at the same time? That's exactly
what Lotta Lubkoll and Sarah Langmaack
From voyeurs to voyageurs – why it’s okay to take did: The former walked with a donkey from
Feature
Proud Views + Playlist
Sounds of the World Page 15
the middle seat on those unplanned adventures.
Munich to the Mediterranean Sea and the
Photos, clockwise from top left: EYECANDY, Marta Greber, Niklas Adrian Vindelev, courtesy of Haffmans & Neumeister, courtesy of Travel Colours Guides
latter trekked with a horse and husky from
Finland to Germany. They weren’t entirely
Photo Editorial
Miami Postcards Page 16-20 alone, but were completely on their own.
Even if the dog helps find the way and the
e all like to discover something new, but batteries – or to have their appetites indulged donkey carries the luggage, the two women
Q&A
Insider Insights Page 21 too often we get lazy about it – hitching and egos flattered. It can also offer the chance to still had to look out for their four-legged
Photo top: Dino Reichmuth, Unsplash. Photos right: Thomas Siflinger (top), Sarah Langmaack (middle), Marco W. Solbiati (bottom)
a free ride along a wide, flat path beaten by reflect and get new perspectives on their past, as friends. And on the road, that’s not always
someone else. In 2019, that means following well as to learn via new experiences. For others, easy. Haystacks and grass pastures aren’t
Feature Page 22-23 digital routes laid out on social media feeds, and it is a time to appreciate the world around them necessarily marked on Google Maps, after
only experiencing exactly what’s put in front of and be reminded of the kinds of people in it. In all. But as adventurous as their wandering
us in the form of a hashtag. our cases, it means taking a risk – and taking the was, they recall the richest part was simply
Interview
Grand Stays Page 24 To be sure, there’s no shame in following time to travel slowly and to travel differently. slowing down. Two stories that inspire
Page 14
another’s @mention to a beautiful location. In The fact that the world has gotten smaller walking at your own pace. Sarah stopped
one form or another, that’s always been the way and grown more connected is so obvious, it’s counting “kilometers, hours, the time left. I
App List
Download & Takeoff + Mini Feature
Snow vs Sand Page 25 of the world. Today it’s just on a super-massive
scale driven by data aggregators and digital
almost not worth mentioning. Almost. Its
consequences keep evolving, however, taking
started to live more in the moment. I took
every day as its own.” It’s cheesy yet true,
media. A brave pioneer macheted through on strange new shapes, so it has to be said the path is the destination. ◊
Feature & Top 5 Tips
Just a Weekend Away Page 26-27 the thicket in search of unspoiled beauty and
– in the end – we enjoy
again. What does it mean to travel in such a
world? What does it mean
the view of the tropical We enjoy the view to be local or to be an
Sarah
Astrology Page 28-29 garden from our hotel outsider in a world that
rooms and complain about of the has been decentered – Langmaack
the spotty WiFi. Food garden from our where ideas, cultures, Trekked 2300 km from
Trend Report
Food Forward Page 30 bloggers cross the urban
jungle to exhaustively test hotel rooms and
and customs transmit
across borders and over
northern Finland
to her hometown in
Germany.
all twenty-three pizzerias complain about the oceans, and become
At a Glance
Page 26-27
Info Page 32 in the city for the best instantly global? We
slice, so we can reserve a have ideas, but we don’t
table in the top location precisely know. It is up Lotta Lubkoll
without a moment’s care or reflection about its to all of us to define this new era of travel for Walked for eighty
relationship to the surrounding neighborhood. ourselves. To #traveldifferent is not just another days from Munich
When looking for a vacation, there are lifestyle hashtag. There is no code or set of to Venice with her
donkey, Jonny.
endless ready-made packages to choose from – predetermined rules, only a common impulse –
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Two friends go on the motorcycle trip of their lifetime – from Brooklyn to Patagonia. Follow Matias Corea and Joel
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Bhutan’s
Dr. Ha Vinh Tho Shares His Vision for
a New Way to Think About Progress.
INTERVIEW: ERIC JAMES BAIN
he small mountain kingdom of Bhutan has actually works, implementing GNH
Back
a radical plan to rethink the world with in schools and seeing the impact it
its concept of Gross National Happiness. Dr. Ha is having on students and teachers.
Vinh Tho, the former program director for the We’ve also been implementing it
Gross National Happiness Centre in Bhutan, in businesses in Thailand, in the U.S.,
chairman of the Eurasia Foundation and co- and Switzerland.
founder of the Eurasia Learning Institute, seeks How does that work?
to spread Bhutan’s philosophy around the world. We hold workshops to help people
He shared with us what it means to be happy in Gross Domestic Product.” He asked the people develop what we call “happiness skills.” The
To Earth
(and out of) Bhutan. what they wanted, found their common human nine domains are universal, but the questions
ERIC JAMES BAIN: How would you aspirations, and said that should be the focus. are completely different if you’re a company in
describe Bhutan to someone who has Why do you measure happiness? Germany. So, part of the process is co-creating
never been? Gross Domestic Product is a measurement. You the questions with the stakeholders, which makes
DR. HA VINH THO: As a very unique can’t replace a measurement tool with an ideal. people assess what is important for them.
opportunity to experience an intact traditional How do you measure progress in a different How important is environmental
culture. It has amazing biodiversity, with flora way? A lot of work has been done over decades protection to GNH in your view?
and fauna you won’t see anywhere outside to come up with robust indicators of happiness. In a country like Bhutan, it is really very
Bhutan. There is also the idea of Gross National What came out of that was a system based important because the Himalayas are an
Happiness (GNH). It is quite unique that a on nine domains. Some are very traditional, like extremely fragile environment. If global
country has put at the center of its development health and living standards, but then there warming continues, the Himalayan countries
the happiness of its people and of all life forms. are more original ones, like psychological well- will be some of the first to be destroyed.
Can you talk a bit about the history being, time use, community vitality, and ecology. What do you consider to be vital to see or
of happiness in Bhutan? How is GNH assessed? experience while visiting Bhutan?
The fourth king was only seventeen when he These nine domains are measured through a The very famous sites like Tiger’s Nest are
ascended to the throne. He said that “Gross mix of subjective and objective indicators. “How worthwhile and really beautiful. There are also
National Happiness is more important than many times were you sick? How many times amazing treks including the Snowman Trek,
did you visit the doctor?” But then we also ask, which is said to be the most difficult in the
Gross National “How healthy do you feel? Do you have enough
energy?” Another interesting one is time use.
world. Each monastery has a seasonal festival
called a tshechu. If you have more time, you can
Happiness shows “How did you use your time last week? How travel west to east, which takes several weeks.
us a new direction, many hours for work, for sleep?” It’s objective:
You can count it. But then [we ask], “How do
You have amazing scenery, fantastic mountains,
remote temples, and villages.
focusing on the you feel about it? Is it too much? Do you feel What do you have planned for 2019?
question of stressed? Are you happy with it?”
How is that information put into practice?
I’ll be going to China soon to help develop a
GNH region in their Himalayas. We might see
In Bhutan, there’s a survey that covers the nine China become a pioneer in ecology in the years
domains. The outcome gives a precise image of
what’s working well, what’s not working so well.
to come.
What can the rest of the world learn Environmentalism is the new escapism. From the sun-
It helps the government set its priorities for the from Bhutan?
future, and say, okay, where should we apply our I really feel that the system as we know it has
drenched hills of Andalusia to the depths of the Balinese
Photos: courtesy of Dr. Ha Vinh Tho
resources? come to an end. GNH shows us a new direction,
What led you to become program director
for the GNH Centre in Bhutan?
focusing on the question of what actually brings
happiness and well-being to the majority. So, jungle and the forests of South Tyrol, The New Traveler
Before Bhutan, I was working with the Red Cross Bhutan is a ray of hope. ◊
in most of the conflict areas of our time… the
Middle East, Darfur, Pakistan. I began to reflect
Dr. Ha Vinh Tho, Co-Founder,
Eurasia Learning Institute, elihw.org
explores that enrich the planet
on the root causes of suffering. That brought
me to this idea of GNH.
At the festival: A Transformative
Learning Journey to Bhutan,
the Country of Gross National
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as much as they do the self – no yoga mats required.
What do you enjoy about your role? Happiness, Dr. Ha Vinh Tho, Talk
FEST
The most fulfilling experience is seeing that it (EN), Sun at 12:00, Main Stage TEXT: ANNA DOROTHEA KER
Interview
The New Traveler Magazine
Yet there are other ways to experience Hacienda La
Bonita. Herself a mother who suffered loss and found
a form of therapy in tending to nature, Katja welcomes
survivors of trauma or those recovering from illness to join
Avocado Harvesting her for personalized healing retreats in a safe and private
environment – through restorative activities like guided
at Hacienda La Bonita meditation or completing simple tasks around the farm. Art Hacienda La
and music therapy courses, including botanical drawing,
Bonita
in Andalusia, Spain are also offered on a regular basis.
Hacienda La Bonita
Whatever the pull to this magnetic slice of Andalusia, Coín, Málaga, Spain
For many, the bustling tourist destination of Spain’s the fruits of a day’s labor under the sun at Hacienda La Bonita labonitahacienda.com
Costa del Sol stands for anything but calm. Yet a short are sweet: tired body, nourished soul, clear mind.
drive inland up through the gently winding roads of the
Guadalhorce Valley – around forty-five minutes from Málaga
– leads to a veritable oasis of serenity. Tucked into the Practicing Permaculture
hillside near the small town of Coín is Hacienda La Bonita,
a finca flourishing with avocado, citrus, olive, and pecan trees. at The Kul Kul Farm in Bali,
Here, self-taught fruit farmer Katja Faber invites visitors to of Indonesian growers, cooks, and carpenters. The intensive
decompress, revitalize, and take in the therapeutic properties Indonesia days are punctuated by morning yoga, freshly prepared
of nature – which this fertile corner of the Mediterranean has family-style lunches, and evening campfire gatherings.
in abundance. The surfing beaches and rainforests of Bali have If, in the words of Voltaire’s Candide, “we must cultivate
Late every fall, ripening avocados heave on the limbs long secured this Indonesian island its place at the top of our garden,” it’s hard to imagine a more idyllic place to learn
of trees, ready to be picked. To undertake this, the Swiss- destination wish lists for all sorts of escapes – from eco- how to do so.
English owner invites locals and travelers to join her for an activism to digital nomadism. Over the past few decades,
“Avocation” – two to five days spent working on the Bacon, many visitors have stayed on or returned to make a home for
Fuerte, or (in winter) Hass avocado harvest. Having arranged themselves in harmony with the lush jungle environment. Forest Bathing with
their own accommodation nearby, harvest participants Like Maria Farrugia and her husband Orin Hardy, who realize
arrive at the farm every morning to experience first-hand the their vision of sustainable food cultivation and permaculture Frontier Wellbeing in
realities of managing a subtropical farm, enjoy basking in education at The Kul Kul Farm, situated in the village of
the Costa del Sol’s clement temperatures, and get stuck in a Sibang Kaja, half an hour’s drive from the capital, Denpasar. South Tyrol, Italy
rewarding kind of work – with the chance to taste the fruits Established in 2015, The Kul Kul Farm was founded on
of their labor as part of a daily home-cooked lunch. the principles of permaculture (the cultivation of sustainable, Deep in the South Tyrolean forest, mighty oaks mingle
self-sufficient ecosystems) and revolves around organic with spindly beeches and spruces. At altitudes of 600m to
farming, gardening and cooking, herbalism, and bamboo 1800m, varied biodiversity, pure Alpine air, and a cool yet
building. In addition to retreats, workshops, and farm humid microclimate create the ideal atmosphere for slowing
tours, they run a café at Green School, serving homegrown down, breathing deeper, clearing the mind, and re-engaging
and fermented food and drinks, and offering a space for the senses. In other words, to practice Waldbaden. Literally
community exchange. translated from the German as “forest bathing,” this ancient
Arguably the best way to take in the farm’s bountiful form of nature therapy originated in Japan (Shinrin-yoku),
offerings is on a “Permaculture Skills Retreat” – five days and today is fast-gaining momentum as a restorative escape
of hands-on immersion dedicated to sustainable growing, from the stresses of life spent in the concrete jungle.
learning, and making. Guests stay in bamboo yurts amidst Far from esoteric, the benefits of forest bathing on our
a sugar palm grove, and learn the essentials of starting a well-being are backed by an ever-growing body of scientific
garden back home, how to raise and save seeds and grow research. The positive impact of the forest is said to extend
zero-waste mushrooms, make fermented and natural home to three major systems in our bodies, helping to balance the
products, and weave with bamboo – all under the guidance autonomic nervous system, stabilize parts of the hormonal
Photos, previous page: Hacienda La Bonita (top), Jasmijn Vonsee (bottom).
Photos: courtesy of Hacienda La Bonita (top), Jasmijn Vonsee, Nikko Hunt,
system connected to inflammation, blood pressure, and heart
rate, and boost the immune system through exposure to anti-
cancer proteins in the filtered forest air. On a psychological
level, the practice de-stresses and nurtures mindfulness. Of
course, it helps to have an expert on hand to demonstrate how
Tommaso Riva (left), Helmuth Rier, Achim Meurer (right)
to harness the forest’s potential.
That’s where Martin Kiem comes in. South Tyrol’s
only certified nature and forest therapy guide, the affable
psychologist co-founded the wellness coaching company Frontier
Frontier Wellbeing together with Christie Little in 2015. Wellbeing
Eventually expanding their repertoire from general
South Tyrol, Italy
corporate well-being and stress management to nature-
The Kul Kul Farm
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espite growing up in the beautifully received messages from young queer individuals
From stylish accessories to mountainous Kyrgyzstan, Dastan’s love for thanking him for broaching the national
CHINA, 1944
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practical tools, these products hiking didn’t emerge until 2008, when he moved conversation on homosexuality.
Xiang) by 李香蘭 Li Xianglan
to the equally mountainous Washington State In 2017, his career brought him to his
are ready to accompany you on Packing Perfection Gear for Good in the U.S. to study digital design. It was also new home, Berlin, where he conceived his
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your next far-flung journey. Have you ever opened your suitcase Hailing from Salt Lake City in the during this time that he began to understand Seven Summits journey, which he calls the
United States, COTOPAXI has been setting FRANCE, 2018
to find a wrinkled mess? The founders and accept his gay identity. Pink Summits. For Dastan, however, this is
of KUVERT BERLIN have designed a the standard for sustainable production Danger to Myself by Papooz
and durable construction.
After his studies, Dastan returned to about more than climbing the highest peak on
solution for this problem. Skip plastic GERMANY, 1979
organizers, and opt for this reusable
Kyrgyzstan, where he continued improving his every continent: it’s a testament to changing
cotopaxi.com Video Life by Clinic
and stylish range of shoe, laundry, and The Power of Business with Purpose, Stephan climbing skills, and came out to his parents. narratives – he would be the first Central Asian
INDIA, 1937
shirt bags to protect your garments. Jacob, Panel (EN), Fri at 15:00, Main Stage / Frustrated with his homeland’s underreported to do so, and certainly the first openly gay
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Human Rights Watch report on police brutality the Central Asian queer experience. After by
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against gay and bisexual men. During a life- completing his Pink Summits, Dastan hopes to
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ITALY, 1961
changing 2014 HRW press conference, he reawaken the LGBT conversation in Kyrgyzstan.
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behind. From Korea by way of Berlin
the last minute, I wasn’t sure about it,” Dastan Australia and Elbrus in Russia in 2018, and has
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one else who would do it otherwise.”
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streets.” After receiving more than thirty death
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threats and experiencing multiple brushes with
SPAIN, 1981
physical violence, he left for Kazakhstan “just
El Muchacho de los Ojos
to escape from the hate,” and began a master’s
Tristes by Jeanette
degree in Norway.
Safer Hiking Looking back on this time, Dastan reflects, TUNISIA, 1970
Hanen by Carthago
“It was really scary, but it was the greatest time
Mine! If you’re on a trip without access to Follow Dastan’s Pink Summits journey on his blog,
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INSIDER INSIGHTS
Q&A: MICHAEL RICE
Four professionals share their perspectives on the travel industry.
Eva Claire Marseille Boris Mang Emma Fain Sophie Bagheri
First Officer Boeing 747 Post-Production Supervisor PADI Divemaster & Business Development Manager
at Hong Kong-based airline at zero one film Underwater Photographer at Once Travel Hostels
Hometown: Haarlem, Hometown: Berlin, Germany at Guinjata Dive Centre Hometown: Brisbane, Australia
the Netherlands Current city: Berlin, Germany Hometown: Cincinnati, U.S. Current city: Cape Town,
Current city: Hong Kong Instagram: @morrisbang Current city: Jangamo, Mozambique South Africa
Instagram: @flywitheva Instagram: @emmajofain Instagram: @once.travel
WHAT DO YOU LOVE WHAT’S THE MOST HOW DID YOU START WHAT’S THE MOST
ABOUT THE TRAVEL DIFFICULT PART OF DIVING? REWARDING PART OF
INDUSTRY? MAKING FILMS? When I was six years old, my family YOUR JOB?
It’s such a dynamic industry, For my current project, 24h took a snorkeling trip to the Florida Once Travel is a youth-owned and
connecting the whole world. I am Europe, the challenging part is the Keys. Before I could decide not to youth-run business. South Africa
a big fan of the idea of collecting size of the team, the amount of jump into the “shark-infested” is a developing country with a
memories and not things. footage, and the tight timing: one waters, I was pushed. Screaming, youth unemployment rate at 53 %
project director, two co-directors, I hit the water and was immediately for people under twenty-five,
WHAT’S THE BEST PART
sixty-two protagonists, forty-five silenced by the bustling city below. around 27 % in total. The benefits
OF YOUR JOB?
teams in twenty-six countries – Since then I’ve been obsessed. of tourism have a huge ripple
Even though there is a routine in
and that many languages, too. And effect on the communities in which
the day-to-day job of operating an WHAT MAKES DIVING IN
only 323 days to get a twenty-four- it operates. What we offer is an
airplane, there is no routine in my MOZAMBIQUE DIFFERENT?
hour program ready. amazing platform for young people
schedule. I can have a two-day trip The diversity. Whether you are
starting up their own small tourism
to Vietnam, followed by almost a searching for the elusive dugong
businesses and selling their own
week off, followed by several days WHAT’S THE MOST in the crystal-clear waters of the
experiences to our guests.
flying through North America, and REWARDING PART Bazaruto Archipelago, gliding with
I really enjoy that. Every month, I manta rays in Zavora, snorkeling WHAT DON’T PEOPLE
OF YOUR JOB?
am excited to see my next roster. with whale sharks in Tofo, or REALIZE ABOUT YOUR
The outstanding locations watching humpback mothers and INDUSTRY?
WHAT’S CHALLENGING
ABOUT BEING A PILOT?
I get to see. One shoot was calves gracefully dance above you in Some people perceive travel as
in the marble quarries of Guinjata Bay, the megafauna in this going somewhere far. However,
Your health, especially cargo long-
region are certainly extraordinary. you could be visiting a new
haul flying! Lots of night flights, Carrara where Leonardo neighborhood in your own city.
and crossing of time zones can da Vinci got the rocks for WHAT’S DIFFICULT
Many South Africans stay with us
cause fatigue. Another challenging ABOUT TAKING PICTURES
aspect is that during your whole
his sculptures. The whole UNDERWATER?
and are incredibly surprised by the
team was enchanted by its local activities and experiences on
career your skills and knowledge Water. Water is almost 800 times
offer. Travel is about discovering
get checked. You really have to surreal stone structures denser than air. It absorbs, reflects,
new cultures, people, and places,
stay on top of your game and keep and perfect light. and refracts light. The deeper you
but there are endless opportunities
studying. descend, the more colors you
to see the world in your own city!
lose. To reintroduce these colors
WHAT IS THE MOST
WHAT IS UNEXPECTED into your photographs, you need HOW DO YOU INTEGRATE
UNEXPECTED THING
ABOUT YOUR JOB? artificial light or strobes. Now LOCAL CULTURE INTO
ABOUT YOUR JOB?
How many people you need to imagine holding a camera and GUESTS’ EXPERIENCES?
That it is a job perfectly suitable
actually make a film! And all the lighting rig steady in surge, with Our local adventures have focused
for both genders! It’s strange, but
different tasks – audio recording pumping current and low visibility. on integrating our guests into the
even in 2019 when I say I work
and music rendering, mixing, This is where dive training is crucial. local South African culture. I’m
for an airline, people assume I’m
color grading, graphics, texts, talking everyday activities and
a flight attendant or office staff. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE
Portrait of Boris Mang: Anna Helfer
approval, and test screenings, experiences that can be appreciated
When they realize I’m a pilot, I get SEA CREATURE TO
trailer production, subtitling, and by both locals and foreigners.
surprised reactions. Then when I PHOTOGRAPH?
the communication with different
say I fly a Boeing 747, they assume, I absolutely love shrimp! These At the festival:
editorial teams.
“This girl must be joking. That big little critters are so much fun to 48h in Cape Town, E
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for the next generation of girls, it KEEP MAKING FILMS? 2,000 species, ranging in color and Travel Stage / Luxury
Hostels? Discovering
is even more normal than for my The moment when the protagonist size. They live in unique places and How Modern Hostels Are Changing the
Way People Travel, Kim Whitaker,
generation to consider a career as forgets that they are in front of have large personalities trapped in Panel (EN), Fri at 16:30, Travel
a pilot. ◊ a camera. ◊ little bodies. ◊ Stage / Once Travel – Stand 4.21The New Traveler Magazine
is well-prepared when it comes to cooking on
the road. “When you’re wild camping, you don’t
Field notes from experts waste water cleaning pots,” she says. Crêpes,
soup, and porridge provide the base for meals,
supplemented with ingredients picked up along
in journeying solo. the way.
To keep her energy up while away, Marta
prioritizes taking time for herself when she can,
which she describes as “crucial for remembering
that I am Marta, not only Mia’s mom.” A favorite
ritual revolves around morning coffee before Mia
wakes. “I step outside with the cup. It doesn’t
Claudia Wu matter if it’s hot, cold, or raining, it’s time just
Freelance creative director
for myself. It gives me so much power.” Her
TEXT: ANNA DOROTHEA KER and designer, co-founder of reflections often focus on what her daughter is
Cherry Bombe, and publisher teaching her – how to understand her child, to
Wander Woman
of Me Magazine.
listen and talk to her. “She’s taught me to accept
cherrybombe.com new limitations and create fun with what I have.”
@claudia_wu
@cherrybombe
The next leg of Marta and Mia’s journey will
be a new kind of adventure: a three-generation
family trip, traveling across Australia together
with her husband and both of their parents
in two camper vans. However, plenty more
spontaneous solo trips for mother and daughter
await. For mothers with young children thinking
wo women hailing from opposite sides years later, she also has more than 412,000
of following in her footsteps, Marta has a
of the Atlantic share their experiences of engaged Instagram followers and an insatiable
straightforward piece of advice: “Don’t overthink
traveling alone – or with a child in tow. Berlin- appetite for travel.
it. If you need something, you can buy it on the
based Marta Greber of the blog What Should Despite the natural ease with which Marta
way. Your kid only needs you.” as a good way to get a feel for the local culinary
I Eat for Breakfast Today? reveals what she’s recounts her adventures, challenges were
scene. During the journey, her long-haul survival
learned while traversing the world with her inevitable. In New Zealand, the first hurdle was
young daughter and one large backpack. And thinking she could do it all: “Travel where I On the trail of strategy includes an abbreviated version of her
supplement regimen, including salmon oil and
from New York to wherever her job takes her,
Cherry Bombe co-founder and Me Magazine
wanted, go on walks, blog, cook everything for
us, and be an awesome mom.” After the stress
work-life balance. packages of Moon Juice Dust to help with jet lag.
Matcha sticks plus Vintner’s Daughter Serum
publisher Claudia Wu shares tips for making subsided, an epiphany led her to realize that
From exploring Iceland’s black sand complete her on-the-go routine.
work trips equal parts business and pleasure. “the only thing I needed to do was to make Mia
beaches, geysers, and waterfalls on a visit to a But first things first: Before leaving home,
Read with care: Wanderlust will follow. happy, which changed everything. I drove while
Reykjavik printing company to tacking on Claudia gathers a long list of tips to create a
she napped. When she told me that she didn’t
a beach break in Vietnam after a conference in loose itinerary – leaving plenty of room for
Road trip with toddler. want to go for a walk, I didn’t make her.” This
switch in approach transformed their travels – as
Singapore, editorial powerhouse Claudia Wu spontaneity in between. Ahead of any trip
Or how to travel solo did a few efficient strategies, like packing light.
is an expert at combining business trips with
leisure, fitting in independent exploration
taken alone, research begins by asking locals
and friends for recommendations: “There is no
as a mom.
Photos: Marta Greber (left), courtesy of Claudia Wu (right), portrait of Claudia Wu: Stefon Miller
Marta’s luggage for long journeys often consists
around her work travel. For her, seeing the world substitute for actual prior experience, so when
of “one backpack, my computer, camera, and
is not simply about big adventures or taking I know someone with similar taste has traveled
two lenses. I used to put Mia in a carrier up front
Twenty-one days, a sunshine-yellow camper
van and a toddler in tow: In 2017, food blogger
– and that was it.” As an ardent foodie, Marta I did a lot extended trips alone, but also about making the
most of the small gaps in her schedule when
somewhere, I reach out to them.” Another go-
to source for city tips is the bookmark tool on
Marta Greber
of
and photographer Marta Greber of What Should I she’s on the go. Instagram, which she uses to create a different
whatshouldieatforbreakfasttoday.com
Eat for Breakfast Today? and her then-two-year- In 2013, Claudia co-founded Cherry Bombe, category for each city on her itinerary, saving
old daughter, Mia, set off on a road trip through an independent magazine dedicated to inspiring interesting places she spots while scrolling to
,
@whatforbreakfast
New Zealand’s South Island. Just the two of them, women and gastronomy which has since brought each respective destination.
a camera and laptop, basic equipment for coffee together a passionate global community centered Solo female travel naturally comes with
and one-pot meals, and the call of the open road. and could on feminism and food. That’s just one milestone its challenges, in particular personal safety.
The trip was a dream come true for Marta. “I for the busy New Yorker, though: She’s also the Claudia’s advice? “First and foremost, be safe. Be
did a lot of wild camping, and could feel how it
set me free,” she recalls. This adventure is only
feel how publisher of Me Magazine, which delves into the
world of one guest creative director per issue.
aware of your surroundings and your belongings.
Tell people where you are going. Even at home
one of the myriad journeys Marta has embarked Both roles have taken Claudia around in New York I have my radar up. That’s just
on alone or together with her daughter. From six the globe – frequently, and often alone. As an how life is as a woman, right?” Research done
months through South America to a 35,000 km antidote to the fast-paced nature of her work and smartly cautious, the benefits of journeys
road trip across Europe, the creator has paved life, taking trips solo is an “energizing” remedy embarked on alone can be profoundly impacting,
her way towards a life many can only imagine, for her. “Museums, shopping, spas – you get to and ultimately life affirming. For Claudia,
combining her passion for food, photography, do everything you want to do, and never have to that has included the realization that “people
and travel with motherhood and work. Hailing wait for anyone.” everywhere are more alike than different. We are
from Warsaw, the former lawyer started her blog Fitting the themes of Cherry Bombe, food all connected, and the same in so many ways. My
as an outlet for the food an enforced cleansing is often the focus of her journeys. “For me, problems are not important in the larger scheme
diet prevented her from eating. Instead, she traveling is about filling the time between of things, because life is actually pretty simple
cooked flavorful meals for her husband, Tomasz, eating, so looking at things to eat seems like in the end.” Simply about the journey, not the
captured her creations and shared her recipes an appropriate activity between meals,” she destination, that is to say. “I tend to not think
online. “After two weeks, he had gained two explains. “I like seeing the ephemera from about what the end goal is,” she muses.“I’m
kilograms and I had a blog,” she notes. Several different cultures.” She cites farmers markets still figuring that out.” ◊
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owner. He will show you traditional Sicilian places like San Sebastián, Seville, Penang, and
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Das Regina, Karl-Heinrich-Waggerl-
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Str. 5, 5640 Bad Gastein, Austria
Regina and the Das Regina coffee large wooden verandas for enjoying the outdoors. When you’ve soaked up
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