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Unplugged Adventures: How Digital Detoxing Transformed My Travels

Shahad Al Nouri

Two weeks without a phone in the mountains taught me to travel slower and see more.

Hiker sitting on a rock above misty mountain valleys at sunrise

I left my phone in a locker for fourteen days and carried a paper map and a notebook.

I got lost twice, met people I would never have spoken to and came home with stories instead of photos. Here is how to plan your own unplugged trip.