In the late 1970s, Costas Christ, now an editor at National Geographic Traveler, took a boat down the river in southern Thailand, disembarked, and, when he saw that the villagers were prepared for him, got right back on. Was there anywhere farther away, he asked the pilot? Anywhere more remote? The pilot told him tourists didn't visit the next island because there was nothing to do.
Nothing, of course, was what Christ wanted; why Westerners seek it is the subject of American anthropologist Pegi Vail's engaging documentary, Gringo Trails. Like a backpacker on a long trip, Vail hops across continents, stopping in Thailand, Bolivia, Peru, Mali, and elsewhere to interview travelers, experts, and locals on the impact of backpacker culture in fragile environments...
Nothing, of course, was what Christ wanted; why Westerners seek it is the subject of American anthropologist Pegi Vail's engaging documentary, Gringo Trails. Like a backpacker on a long trip, Vail hops across continents, stopping in Thailand, Bolivia, Peru, Mali, and elsewhere to interview travelers, experts, and locals on the impact of backpacker culture in fragile environments...
- 9/3/2014
- Village Voice
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