[nabs-l] Tourism Stratagies?

[Haben Girma]

Jim, your trip sounds awesome, and I love that you plan to do it without 
guided tours. Independent blind travelers gather tons of information 
from the people they meet around them, as well as from the environment, 
guide books, and Internet. I've found wikitravel.org, tripadvisor.com, 
and travel blogs very helpful in planning some of my own trips.  I 
suggest taking the train or bus to get to your first park. You can try 
finding a person in each of those areas to show you around, and there 
are sites online that can help you find such friendly people. One such 
place is couchsurfing.com, another is Hospitality Club, whose website I 
don't remember. You could even find a sighted friend to go along and 
drive a car, though that will give you the added expense of renting a 
car and paying for gas... You could try taking the buses and trains to 
get into the area of interest, then hiring a taxi to drop you off at the 
heart of the park. Once in the park, explore at your own leisure, see 
what you chance upon, and talk to the other hikers you meet out there. 
At the end of the day you could call a taxi to take you back to your 
lodging place in the nearby town.

 Have fun.
Haben

Haben

Jim Reed wrote:
> Hello all,
> Now that finals are done, I am begining to once again get the itch to travel. This time, I think I want to head to California's national parks and national seashores. And as usual, my broke college friends can't afford to go (I'd be broke to if it was not for VR paying my tution, and SSDI paying monthly benifits). Also, I am not a fan of the whole guided tour scene.
>
> Other than driving myself, what options exist for a blind traveler wishing to get to inaccessable places such as Yosemite National Park? What stratagies have worked for you? What resources exist? 
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> A few months ago, I emailed this same question to the president of the NFB's Tourism Group (Division?), and I never recieved an answer.
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> Any suggestions would be appreciated. 
>
> Jim
>
> P.S. I am looking for people to go on this adventure with me. 
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> "Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed." 
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