Travel Articles for Real-world world building

[Dinh AaronMk]

Often times, one might wander into an RP or create an RP set in the "real world". And while another discussion thread argued the point that often this means that widely known cities like New York are often the center of the RP there are still a wider range of locations to write in. Particularly if you are party to the Nation RP community, where having a grasp beyond that of the basic observer of the local area is perhaps the most welcome thing to have as a writer, for the enjoyment and fulfillment of the reader.

And while you can use Google Street View to scout a city or read on an area in Wikipedia, I have been slowly discovering the intimacy of simple travel articles. While the former two options can be an introduction, they sometimes fail to brush on the human aspect of a location or finer points that might be expressed in a good travel article or something written by a visitor or resident of a city, providing a look into the spirit of a city from the perspective of a life-long resident, or long-term visitor in an expat community.

So in the interests of expanding horizons, let's share travel articles.

Multi-lingual cities:
bbc.com/travel/story/20150928-living-i..

Canada:
bbc.com/travel/story/20150921-the-man-..

bbc.com/travel/story/20150827-canadas-..

bbc.com/travel/story/20150713-where-th..

Asia - China:
bbc.com/travel/story/20150429-a-bullet..

[Vilageidiotx]

Travel blogs are also worth something, since they are typically written by non-journalists and point things out that a professional might not find worthy of notice.

On the flipside, the really good stuff like Nat-Geo is the best for research because the writers tend to be very detailed and specific.

[Dinh AaronMk]

And then I discovered a travel video.

[Dinh AaronMk]

bbc.com/travel/story/20151013-a-night-..