October 28, 2004
Did Richard Nixon invent the Internet?
The following quote -- which appears to infer that Richard Nixon dreamed up a kind of Ur-Internet in the early...Read this article
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October 27, 2004
Getting visas on the go
James Carson of Boston recently asked: "I'm planning a long trip through Europe and Asia. As I'm keeping the route...Read this article
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October 26, 2004
Jonathan Raban on the advantages of traveling alone
"Traveling with a companion, with a wife, with a girlfriend, always seems to me like birds in a glass dome,...Read this article
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October 25, 2004
Young Pioneers 'zine nominated for an Utne Indie Press Award
This spring, I blogged about the debut of Young Pioneers, a 'zine that covers the world of independent travel; this...Read this article
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October 22, 2004
What keeps you inspired to travel?
Over at the Vagabonding.net Q&A, a New Jersey high school teacher named Doug wrote to tell me that he'd read...Read this article
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October 21, 2004
Lonely Planet humor story competition accepting entries
My old editor and mentor Don George recently wrote to inform me that that Lonely Planet has just posted a...Read this article
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October 20, 2004
Alexander the Great had sex with men
As Oliver Stone's new film Alexander nears theatrical release, I wanted to reveal some more facts about the historical Alexander...Read this article
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October 19, 2004
The Best American Travel Writing 2004
The Best American Travel Writing 2004 anthology, which was guest edited this year by Pico Iyer, has just been published...Read this article
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October 18, 2004
Arthur Frommer on why travel should be more than mere sightseeing
"I've always felt that travel is a serious subject whose rewards go well beyond that of entertainment and recreation. The...Read this article
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October 15, 2004
Thanks, Jen!
Well. If this isn't a stellar birthday tribute, I don't know what is....Read this article
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October 14, 2004
Your flophouse hotel survival kit
I recently got an interesting question at the Vagabonding.net Q&A. I haven't answered it yet, because I'm hoping for input...Read this article
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October 13, 2004
Whatever happened to Bradley Goldstein?
In the house where I do my writing in Baja, there is a copy of The Book of Lists...Read this article
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October 12, 2004
Live for today -- because time and chance happen to us all
"All share a common destiny -- the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean and the...Read this article
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October 11, 2004
Five things travel guides never tell you
In this month's issue of National Geographic Adventure, Robert Young Pelton dispenses guidebook advice in a column called Cooking the...Read this article
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October 09, 2004
Alexander the Great wore a mullet
One of the best books I've read so far this year was Robin Lane Fox's historical biography, Alexander the...Read this article
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October 08, 2004
The problem with Israel's right-wing fundamentalists
"Like the theologians of Hamas, the ideologues of the [Israeli] settlement movement have stripped their religion of all love but...Read this article
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October 05, 2004
My Patagonia story in the SF Chronicle Magazine
This Sunday, my Chile travel story, "The Other Patagonia", appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine. The story recounts my...Read this article
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October 04, 2004
Michael Shapiro interview at RolfPotts.com
This month's Q&A with Michael Shapiro marks my fourth full year of interviewing travel writers at at the RolfPotts.com Writers...Read this article
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October 02, 2004
The Horrible Truth About Travel Writing
Guidebook writer Carl Parkes has started a new blog, entertainingly entitled "The Horrible Truth About Travel Writing". Parkes claims the...Read this article
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