Unplug to Unwind
“The tension was gone…external peer pressure and competition were absent and we regrouped as a family,” says Mrs. Stock, who went with husband, John, and their two teenage children. “There aren’t many extreme circumstances left nowadays where this would happen. I think it also put us more in touch with those around us, in whose lives, generally, technology isn’t playing a major part.”
The Stock family, who are from the U.K., traveled for a week with Shakti, the first firm to provide luxury experiences in the region (prices from $5,250 per person for a week; shaktihimalaya.com). They stayed in a series of village houses developed by Shakti, immersing themselves in village life, visiting monasteries, hiking and taking tea with trainee Buddhist monks.
The Stocks are part of a new breed of traveler which is choosing to spend free time disconnected from phones, emails and, in some cases, electricity, in places where comfort isn’t compromised. Many luxurious hotels and travel companies are offering the chance for guests to be completely or partially free of the binds and distractions of modern technologies, whether it is a spell of a few days of disconnected living or, a much gentler introduction to cutting off, rooms free of TVs and telephones.
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