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Weyto, Ethiopia
The waiting, sings Tom Petty, is the hardest part. It is also part of travel.
The picture above was taken on the outskirts of Weyto, Ethiopia. The two travelers and I (they were from Israel and Denmark) had just hitched a ride in a Land Cruiser belonging to … Read more »
The wonderful Everywhereist offers a list of 10 ways to deal with a bad travel partner over at Gadling.com, which advertises itself as “the world’s best travel blog.” Reading some of her tips remind you of the clean, virtuous glory of going it alone:
When you’re absolutely stuck, try activities that don’t require a lot of teamwork. Instead of sharing a canoe, grab individual kayaks. Go see a movie (or if you … Read more »
Living in France I’ve taken a lot of flack from my European friends. I don’t know how many countless cathedrals and towers and old ruins I’ve dragged them to, bearing their complaints and whining all the while. Why, they wondered, was I so intrigued with these old buildings and towers? It’s different when you’ve grown up in America, I’d tell them. We don’t have these gorgeous … Read more »
“The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. We go a journey chiefly to be free of all impediments and of all inconveniences; to leave ourselves behind, much more to get rid of others.” –William Hazlitt, “On Going on a Journey” (1822)
As often as possible, I try to get a window seat when I’m traveling. Certainly anything beats the dreaded middle seat, and crawling over other people when you need to stretch your legs can be a pain, but that window seat has the best thing on board—a window. A recent article by Peter Ferry on World Hum, “Out the Airplane Window,” describes … Read more »
For many of us, travel isn’t so much about the destination as it is about the journey. In that spirit, take a look at these 35 breathtaking examples of road photography. Nature is a recurring theme in the photos, with paths snaking away into splendid isolation.
“It’s great you’re traveling by yourself,” an American vagabond once told me. “You’ll have plenty of time to think.” Some of my most mind-expanding moments have happened when … Read more »
Throughout the planning stages for our upcoming three-month trip across Southeast Asia, the single biggest factor has been what to do with our pets. Time? Grad school can be worked around. Money? We’ll manage, especially in a region where we can get by on $25/day if we need to. Apartment? We were willing to give it up to make our dream come true. Stuff? Get rid of what we … Read more »
Most vagabonds seem to travel in t-shirts, but there are times you might want something a bit nicer — perhaps for a job interview overseas, or when you splash out for nice meal with that special someone you just met.
Nice clothes also make it really easy to wander into five-star hotels and use the pool for a day when you get tired of the … Read more »
I happened to be killing time in the Cairns airport flipping through the bookstore when I came across the travel memoir of “catching love, fish and wisdom”: Robyn Catchlove’s “Somewhere Down a Crazy River.” I then promptly forgot about it until I received a notice from the publisher, and I gave it a read. It’s … Read more »
One great part of travel is the thrill you get from the random and deliciously quirky places you find yourself. Just a few weeks ago I was thrilled to find myself sleeping on an 8×10 square foot floor with 2 other people on a tiny fishing island in the Yellow Sea. Why? Because it’s an 8×10 foot floor on a tiny island in the Yellow … Read more »