2015, the Year You'll Go Offline
by Team Fathom
Keep it low-fi this year. Photo by Maggie Morris.
Is it even possible in this day and age to travel somewhere out of cell phone range and beyond internet connectivity? We're resolving to take at least one unplugged vacation — for solitude, for peace of mind, for the sake of our own sanity.
Praise the Unplugged Vacation
Where: Nevada and Utah, USA
There is freedom in being unreachable for a few days. Just think about what you miss when you're busy looking at all of your blinking devices.
Read it: Disband out west.
Take a Quirky Journey to Productivity
Where: Seattle to Shanghai
Desperate to get away from the distractions of daily life? Book (slow) passage on a container ship, and try life in solitary.
Read it: Voyage like a monk (or Hollywood writer) across the Pacific Rim.
Savor the Darkness
Where: Montana, USA
A different kind of luxury, this one involves only a lantern as electricity, a vintage wood stove, and playing cards to pass the time.
Read it: Hibernate in the Glacier Region.
Get Your Head in the Clouds
Where: California, USA
Embrace dramatic Californian architecture in the natural world.
Read it: Acquiesce to nature in Big Sur.
Ply the South Seas
Where: Cook Islands, Indonesia
A five-cabin teak charter, a crew, manta rays, and you.
Read it: ;Dive into yacht life.
Hide Out at the End of the World
Where: Ubud, Bali
Swap emails with colleagues for conversations with monkeys in Bali's banana forests.
Read it: Explore Ubud.
Float Away
Where: Lake Titicaca, Peru
Think floating islands, ancient tribes, and singalongs.
Read it: Purposefully get lost.
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