A Map for Saturday

On a trip around the world, every day feels like Saturday. A MAP FOR SATURDAY reveals a world of long-term, solo travel through the stories of trekkers on four continents. The documentary finds backpackers helping neglected Thai tsunami victims. It explains why Nepal's guesthouses are empty and Brazil's stoplights are ignored. But at its core, SATURDAY tracks the emotional arc of extreme long-term travelers; teenagers and senior citizens who wondered, "What would it be like to travel the world?" Then did it. 

"A Map for Saturday" is the product of a year's travel through 26 countries on four continents. Emmy winning producer Brook Silva-Braga left his cushy gig with American TV network HBO to travel the world with five pounds of clothes and 30 pounds of video equipment.The barebones production set-up yields an intimate window onto the world of long-term travel; moments of stark loneliness and genuine revelation.During the year, two-dozen solo travelers intersect with Silva-Braga, helping tell the story of the place they've met and the experience they share.The film lands in Australia at mid-summer and in Nepal on the eve of revolution. There's the challenge of Vietnam's absurd traffic and Europe's steep prices. Under the shadows of the Taj Mahal simply finding a train ticket is a day's labor.In Brussels, Belgium there's Will, a 73-year old Californian who chooses hostels over the Hilton. "Because that's really travel," he says.Beyond the clichés of shagging backpackers and dubious self-discovery, Silva-Braga finds a hidden world of long-term, solo travelers. At times lonely and difficult; more often joyous, and always adventurous, "A Map for Saturday" completes an around the world trip in 90 minutes. -- © A Map for Saturday.


当一个人到外头旅行，需要的其实真的不多；简单的三餐，简单的衣物，相机，地图，鞋子，还有一颗好奇心；但请相信，你得到的将会是很多很多，自己的，别人的故事。那些日子，真的天天都是周末，像一场美梦。

朋友W的话真的是说到心坎里头：過去一年在NZ的時光反而陌生地像場夢，我幾乎要靠著拍來的照片和FB上世界各地朋友的動態訊息才能確定它曾經存在，但或許就是因為有過這些體驗，我才更能珍惜安於現在擁有的一切吧！

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