Lonely Planet has released what they feel will be travel's 'Ten best things to do in 2011'. Their list supports the view that The Luxury Travel Bible has been thinking for a while; that 2011 will be a very exciting year in travel. However there was one suggestion on their list that made TLTB laugh due to a recent piece of mail. Number ten on their list was the call to reject the emails, texts and phones calls when travelling and return to the art of writing and sending postcards. 'Great idea' says TLTB especially after one member of the editorial team was recently asked "I didn't know you had gone to Vietnam again". They had not been in that part of the world since a holiday in 2008 but that didn't stop a postcard (sent from Hoi An in March 2008) dropping through a letterbox in England just a few weeks ago. It arrived looking slightly battered (who knows what sort of journey it has been on over the past two years) but it proves that the art of the postcard never dies. It acted as a great reminder for the sender of a trip over two years prior - the written description of the town's colourful lanterns brought back lots of memories.
If you are unable to completely step away from the technology HazelMail website (also available as an iPhone app) allows travellers to upload a digital photo and they will convert this into a postcard and send it to your chosen recipient. SB
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