Talking solo travel on NPR

This morning I talked about solo independent travel with writer Wendy Knight and host Marty Moss-Coane for the "Radio Times"...
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"Wealth" is a relative thing, part II

"[As] a Western country becomes richer, its people overall do not become happier. The reason for this is that over...
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Restlessness and dissatisfaction are great travel motivators

"I was simply restless, quite likely because of a dissatisfaction with the recent trajectory of my life, and if there...
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More good words from Vagabonding readers

I'm still working away in seclusion up in northern Kansas, but I wanted to pop online and post a few...
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Todd Pruzan on cultural stereotypes

"We all paint the people we've never met and the places we've never seen in broad strokes, based on what...
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I'll be off writing for awhile...

For next few weeks, I'll be on the family farm in northern Kansas, finishing a screenplay project. This means I'll...
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Travel writing must confront the real world

"Though many landscapes are increasingly sullied, that need not spell the decline of travel writing. It does mean that travel...
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Inspired by those who were inspired

Though I don't typically blog about the mail and feedback I get from Vagabonding readers from week to week, I...
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