December 29, 2004
Tsunami relief and my friends in Thailand
I am in Memphis at the moment, en route to New Orleans, so this will have to be quick. Since...Read this article
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December 27, 2004
Help me send Vagabonding vagabonding...
This blog may be somewhat silent in coming days, since I'll be in New Orleans for the New Year holiday...Read this article
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December 24, 2004
Cool moments, 2004
[Above: Rolf takes in the spectacle at Machu Picchu back in January of this year -- one of his...Read this article
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December 23, 2004
Coming up with a travel book idea before you hit the road
Justin from Missouri (who posts comments to this blog from time to time) wrote me at the Vagabonding.net Q&A to...Read this article
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December 22, 2004
Bloggers' Favorite Books of 2004
Jen Leo has already mentioned this, but I'll reiterate that Newley Purnell has posted "Bloggers' Favorite Books of 2004", which...Read this article
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December 21, 2004
You have already won the lottery
"There is still an overwhelming social compulsion -- an insanity of consensus, if you will -- to get rich from...Read this article
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December 17, 2004
Journeys into the world are equally external and internal
"I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes...Read this article
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December 15, 2004
Vagabonding for Christmas
I've been pleasantly surprised by the number of readers who've written me in recent days to tell me they are...Read this article
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December 14, 2004
Updating ATM and credit cards from the road
I recently got a question at the Vagabonding.net Q&A, and I'm hoping you all in the blogosphere can help me...Read this article
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December 13, 2004
Sometimes it's better to just sit and watch
"It takes an enormous effort to avoid all theories and just see -- just experience directly. But, for a time,...Read this article
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December 11, 2004
Signs of Confusion: My new essay in World Hum
A new travel essay of mine, "Signs of Confusion", has just been published by World Hum. A meditation on the...Read this article
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December 10, 2004
Tim Cahill on what you can learn from your destination
"What's always struck me as strange is that you read about these tragedies in which soldiers from one country, say...Read this article
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December 08, 2004
Wendy Knight interview at RolfPotts.com
This month at the RolfPotts.com Writers page, I interview freelance writer and editor Wendy Knight. Wendy contributes travel stories to...Read this article
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December 07, 2004
Call for Submissions: Travelers' Tales Prague and the Czech Republic
Have you had an interesting adventure in the Czech Republic? Editor David Farley is searching for funny, quirky, meaningful, adventurous...Read this article
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December 03, 2004
San Francisco area book events
If you live in the Bay Area, there are several upcoming book events worth checking out: Saturday, December 11: Jen...Read this article
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December 02, 2004
Alain de Botton on travel dreams
"…[T]ravel (like love) is an attempt to follow a dream into reality." --Alain de Botton, On Love (1993)...Read this article
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December 01, 2004
Who was the real Alexander the Great?
Oliver Stone's Alexander should now be out in theaters (I can't be sure, since I am in Mexico at the...Read this article
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