September 29, 2004
Not an ad for iPod (though it may sound like one)
It's been nearly eight consecutive years now that I've been living in a semi-permanent state, taking a bare minimum of...Read this article
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September 28, 2004
Sasha Cagen on why travel is for lovers
"It's much cleaner to hook up with someone in a foreign city, or even across the state line, than to...Read this article
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September 27, 2004
A tale of three Rolfs
I'm currently back in Baja after a weekend trip to Los Angeles, where I had the rare opportunity to hang...Read this article
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September 24, 2004
Neil Armstrong on the appeal of non-lunar destinations
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September 22, 2004
Keeping your employment prospects while vagabonding
I have one more piece of advice to share from the Vagabonding.net Q&A. The question comes from David Kliman of...Read this article
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September 21, 2004
A monster poem from my nephew Cedar
My nephew Cedar, who is now five years old and attending kindergarten in north-central Kansas, has written a new poem....Read this article
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September 20, 2004
A quick note about history and culture
"It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world occasionally swap history books, just to see...Read this article
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September 18, 2004
Punditing (and paddling) in Georgia
If this blog has fallen silent late this week, it's because I've been at the Governor's Conference on Tourism in...Read this article
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September 15, 2004
How do satellite phones (and blogs) alter the travel experience?
I noticed I was quoted this week in Casey Kittrell's Travel Weekly piece, "Tools for the Trade: Staying in Touch...Read this article
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September 14, 2004
Tools for the trade: Staying in touch on the road
[This appeared today in Travel Weekly. See above for comment.] Tools for the trade: Staying in touch on the road...Read this article
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September 13, 2004
Travel works best with a minimum of baggage
"Unaccustomed to direct experience, we can come to fear it. We don't want to read a book or see a...Read this article
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September 10, 2004
Is it OK to go vagabonding right out of high school?
Over at the Vagabonding Q&A, Andy S. from Woodbury, New Jersey writes: "I am currently 18 years old and have...Read this article
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September 09, 2004
Good news from the Lowell Thomas Awards
My thanks to everyone who alerted me about the results of the 20th annual Lowell Thomas Awards in travel writing....Read this article
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September 07, 2004
From India: Booze in a bag
[Above: An empty liquor bag from Rekong Peo, India.] Today I'm proud to start a new category on this...Read this article
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September 06, 2004
Jen Leo interview at RolfPotts.com
This month at my RolfPotts.com Travel Writers page I interview Jennifer Leo, whose latest women's travel humor anthology, Whose Panties...Read this article
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September 03, 2004
Vagabonding interview on Canada's Radio Outpost
This week I was interviewed by Daryl Richel for Canada's Radio Outpost show, which focuses on adventure and independent travel....Read this article
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September 02, 2004
Anywhere Out of This World
The essay below appears in this month's Harper's. I'll comment on it later. ANYWHERE OUT OF THIS WORLD On why...Read this article
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September 01, 2004
Paul Theroux's litmus test for dictatorship
"Any country which displays more than one statue of a living politician is a country which is headed for trouble."...Read this article
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