March 31, 2004
A Desert By Any Other Name
I had a new article in Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle Magazine. Entitled "A Desert By Any Other Name", it explores...Read this article
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March 30, 2004
The animals of southern South America
[Above: Alpacas hanging out on the Bolivian-Chilean border.] One of the best things about traveling by Land Rover through...Read this article
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March 29, 2004
A poem about bugs
It's been nearly two months since I've posted any writings by my four year-old nephew Cedar, and it would appear...Read this article
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March 26, 2004
The Best Travelers' Tales 2004
My favorite indie travel book publisher, Travelers' Tales, is celebrating ten years in the publishing industry by putting out a...Read this article
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March 24, 2004
Tom Bissell and Ayun Halliday at RolfPotts.com
Since I’ve been on the road of late, I’ve been slow in calling attention to two new travel writer interviews...Read this article
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March 23, 2004
Pico Iyer on the fickleness of our travel desires
"As tourists, we have reason to hope that the quaint anachronism we have discovered will always remain 'unspoiled,' as fixed...Read this article
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March 21, 2004
Wanted: A place to live and work
After having lived almost exclusively overseas since 1996, I've returned to the United States this month with the intention of...Read this article
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March 19, 2004
A look at our adventures in Chile and Argentina
[Above: Rolf struggles in the currents of the Maiten River, not far from the Argentina border in Chilean Patagonia....Read this article
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March 18, 2004
Native eye for the tourist guy
I randomly managed to catch the travel blog roundup in this weekend's USA Today, but what I failed to notice...Read this article
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March 17, 2004
Paulo Coelho on the possibilities that come when making a choice
"When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he...Read this article
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March 13, 2004
New Orleans, USA Today, and this blog
In recent months I haven't had much of an opportunity to read American newspapers, but yesterday morning I got a...Read this article
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March 04, 2004
Spalding Gray on how you can tell when you're having an adventure
"Oh, looking for adventure, are ya? Well you can tell you're having a real adventure when you wished you were...Read this article
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March 02, 2004
A brief report from Carnival in Rio
[Above: Rolf is decked out for the Beija-Flor samba school parade the night before Fat Tuesday in Rio.] Carnival...Read this article
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March 01, 2004
Be mindful when giving out gifts as you travel in poor countries
"One example is gift giving. We recommend, for instance, that travelers never give gifts to children. When travelers do that,...Read this article
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