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When you’re planning a one- or two-week trip somewhere, figuring out your route is essentially the same as figuring out your itinerary. You’ll fly into Rome, take a train to Florence, rent a car and drive around Tuscany for a week, and then spend a couple days in Venice before flying home again. People agonize over these details – what order to go in, how to get from place to place – but the … Read more »
There’s always trouble going on somewhere in the world, but 2011 has been a particularly wrenching period. Revolution has swept the Middle East; Japan has endured disaster after disaster; America is carrying out military operations in three countries. One has to ask, “Is it safe to travel now?”
The answer is “Yes,” according to travel writer Paul Theroux. He made a moving call to action in this essay that appeared in The New York Times: … Read more »
Do you remember the first trip you took on your own? Mine was to France. I lugged a huge wheeled suitcase, far more cumbersome than today’s streamlined wheelies. Every night before I fell asleep, I worried about the next day: whether I could speak French well enough, would miss my train, or knew how to operate the laundry … Read more »
Travis Ball
Age: 34
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Quote: “When I started, I was planning on a five-year RTW trip. I think I’ve decided that travel isn’t something you can put limits on like that. I’ve re-evaluated my outlook and realize that travel is now a lifelong thing for me.”
There are a gazillion things to observe when on the road, and here’s one of my favorites: the books people read.
Anytime you see someone reading a book, they’re traveling. There is of course the geographic location in which they are actually reading. The English fellow above, … Read more »
FOR THE TRAVELER
By John O’Donohue from To Bless the Space Between Us
Every time you leave home, Another road takes you Into a world you were never in.
New strangers on other paths await. New places that have never seen you Will startle a little at your entry. Old places that know you … Read more »
China is a huge country, and an even bigger topic to tackle in a movie. Filmmaker Brook Silva-Braga took on that daunting challenge in his new documentary, “The China Question.” This is the divisive issue that causes American workers to worry, politicians to vacillate, and businesspeople to make deals: “What does China’s rise mean for America?”
Marcus Sortijas, Vagablogging’s Asia beat editor and creator of the Marcus Goes Global blog, interviewed Brook … Read more »
Are you one of the 30 percent of U.S. citizens who has a passport? If not, and you’re planning on traveling out of the country any time in the next year, mark Saturday, April 9 on your calendar. On that day, the U.S. Department of State will host its third annual “Passport Day in the U.S.A.,” allowing citizens to apply for a passport book or passport … Read more »
Many Vagablogging readers are familiar with Matt Kepnes, or Nomadic Matt. Kepnes’s website is packed full of information on travel deals, travel tips, travel guides, and loads of interesting travel tales suited to any genre. Now Kepnes has taken the next step and has published his own Ebook.
Kepnes’s book is a smooth read. Even over the details of dollars, budgets, and … Read more »
Paul Karl Lukacs
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Quote: “You may start to question who you are and where – or if – you still fit into the world.”