Travel Safety and Health Guidelines

I stood in Kyoto’s Kinkaku-ji bus stop, map in hand, sweating. The guidebook said the bus came every 12 minutes. It didn’t come for 47.

You’ve got twenty tabs open. Three notebooks scattered on the table. And that map app you just opened? It thinks a neon-lit souvenir shop is the top-rated…

I stood in Kyoto Station last year. Map open. Three apps running. Still lost. You’ve been there too.

You just stepped off the train in Lisbon. Your offline map says the tram goes straight to Alfama. It doesn’t. It’s been rerouted for six months.

You’ve tried the big mapping apps. They dump you into a generic view and call it navigation. I’ve done it too. And I’m tired of it.