October 31, 2003
The Kindness of Strangers
This month, Lonely Planet released a new anthology for its "Journeys" series, entitled The Kindness of Strangers. Edited by Salon.com...Read this article
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October 30, 2003
Attention teachers
If you happen to be a K-12 teacher, here's a great opportunity to bring geography home to your students. As...Read this article
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October 29, 2003
Halliburton ain't just a soulless multinational
I don't usually comment on the comments to this blog (at least, not on the main page), but I was...Read this article
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October 28, 2003
Are water filters useful for long-term trips?
Over at the Vagabonding.net Q&A, a reader asked me to recommend a water filter to use while he goes vagabonding...Read this article
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October 27, 2003
Beware self-proclaimed experts of other cultures
"When any Westerner tells you that he knows the East like a book and pretends to be an authority, beware,...Read this article
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October 23, 2003
A "Best American" bridesmaid again
Ever since my story Storming 'The Beach' appeared as a main selection in Best American Travel Writing 2000 (which was...Read this article
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October 21, 2003
Edward Abbey on escaping from workaday life
"We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life of the cities would...Read this article
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October 20, 2003
Dispatches from the Parkinson's Institute ball
[Above: All dandied up for the Parkinson's Institute fundraiser in San Francisco, Rolf mugs for the camera with cousin...Read this article
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October 14, 2003
Phil Cousineau on the process of dreaming up journeys
"Reading old travel books or novels set in faraway places, spinning globes, unfolding maps, playing world music, eating in ethnic...Read this article
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October 10, 2003
A Traveler’s Take on the New Color of Money
By Rolf Potts This week, the U.S. treasury issued its first-ever multicolored American currency: a $20 bill with pastel...Read this article
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October 07, 2003
Walt Whitman on the ecstatic importance of this life
"Whoever you are! motion and reflection are especially for you, The divine ship sails the divine sea for you. Whoever...Read this article
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October 06, 2003
A belated National Geographic heads-up
I just realized that in September I had short pieces in both National Geographic Traveler and National Geographic Adventure, yet...Read this article
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October 03, 2003
A doctored Land Rover team shot
After my Land Rover expedition announcement earlier this week, some folks wrote in to ask if the Golden Gate...Read this article
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October 02, 2003
Talking with Moon Handbook author Wayne Bernhardson
This month in the RolfPotts.com Travel Writers section, I interview guidebook author and southern South America expert Wayne Bernhardson. This...Read this article
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