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Ben Buckland for The New York Times |
A trip across Switzerland without GPS
Tired of predictable travel experiences, the writer Ben Buckland set out to walk across Switzerland without a smartphone or a planned route. Instead, he relied on maps made by people he met along the way.
“I wanted to know what it would teach me about how technology and convenience have changed the way we travel,” Buckland wrote. “I wanted to be lost, and to find my way through the artwork of strangers.”
Buckland traveled for 12 days, often lost and at times through heavy snow, using maps made by people like a retired schoolteacher and two cheesemakers. Read more about his journey.