Too many of us succumb to the temptation to view our holidays through a camera lens rather than experience our adventures fully. But that's no way to travel, as Emirati journalist and globetrotter Ayesha Sultan explains in her new book, Cities, Travelling and Leaving. "A city is a living being," she says, "it has character and unless you walk barefoot on its roads, touch its buildings and really listen to its beat, you won't really get to know it." In other words, put down that smart phone and see the city you're visiting with every one of your senses. Don't be one of those people who turn their backs on a great view while they take a selfie.
Scientific research supports this. Fairfield University in the US found that people who photographed works of art remembered less than those who looked at them actively. Does this mean that in trying to capture something for ever we miss the moment in which we experienced it? Or that we look at it and don’t really see it?