June 30, 2005
Pico Iyer on the merits of shoestring travel
"Traveling on a shoestring was a good training for almost everything -- the cheaper the hotel I stay in, the...Read this article
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June 29, 2005
More feedback from Vagabonding readers
I head off for Paris tomorrow to teach my creative writing workshop, so today I wanted to share some new...Read this article
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June 27, 2005
As good a reason as any for not postponing your travels
"Death twitches my ear. 'Live,' he says. 'I am coming.'" --Virgil, Roman poet, c. 70 - 19 BC...Read this article
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June 24, 2005
Goodbye, Wichita
[Above: The old house where I grew up in Wichita, Kansas.] After thirty-three years of living in one place,...Read this article
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June 22, 2005
Roger Sandall on the delusions of 'romantic primitivism'
"Bohemian primitivism is [mainly] in the mind. The community yearned for is symbolic, not actual. Its undivided organic wholeness is...Read this article
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June 21, 2005
The joys of an open-ended journey
Often readers write in to ask my advice about purchasing round-the-world plane tickets. I usually tell them to forgo buying...Read this article
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June 20, 2005
Alan Lightman on mechanical time and body time
From Alan Lightman's Einstein’s Dreams: "In this world, there are two times. There is mechanical time and there is body...Read this article
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June 17, 2005
Men's Journal: How to Take a Year Off
You don't often see mainstream magazines touting the virtues of vagabonding, so it's encouraging to see that this month's Men's...Read this article
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June 16, 2005
Pennsylvania tourism enlists travel bloggers
Though blogs have long been a popular way for independent travelers to showcase their adventures online, it seems as if...Read this article
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June 15, 2005
Vagabonding with your cello (or other musical instrument)
Over at the Vagabonding.net Q&A, Matt from Ohio wrote in with a rather esoteric query: "I read Vagabonding a year...Read this article
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June 13, 2005
When travel message-board discussions go bad
This is possibly the funniest, most disturbing thread I've ever seen on a travel message board. As Josh from Crabwalk.com...Read this article
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June 12, 2005
Paul Fussell on middle-class travel idiosyncrasies
Since the New York Times just wrapped up its epic series on class in America, I thought I'd share this...Read this article
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June 09, 2005
Mark Jenkins interview at RolfPotts.com
This month at the RolfPotts.com Writers page, I interview Outside Magazine adventure travel columnist Mark Jenkins, who has written three...Read this article
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June 07, 2005
I am not Rick Steves
Europe travel icon Rick Steves' appearance on a segment of 60 Minutes late last month has resulted in a strange...Read this article
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June 06, 2005
Don George's Bay Area book events
Don George will hold the first of several June Travel Writing events tonight (Monday the 6th) at the Left Coast...Read this article
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June 03, 2005
Melody Davis on the American road
IT ONLY STARTS by Melody Davis The American road is our art, pure process of leaving. Driving doesn't end. It...Read this article
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