The New York Times travel section is recently dedicated to covering the Far East: 37 Asian Odysseys . Although the media is dominated by coverage of Japan's natural and nuclear disaster, the rest of the continent is humming along as usual. With booming economies and traditional cultures, Asia has long had a special place in...

One of the many issues that round the world travelers need to think about before they set off on their trip is related to health. Even a young and healthy traveler can be hit by a food- or water-borne illness, or suffer an injury, while on the road. If making sure you're prepared for an...

More and more of our data is digital. It's valuable, and we should be as careful with our information as we are with our wallet or purse. Since these possessions are virtual, however, it can be easy to neglect them. The New York Times had a great piece titled Threats to Traveling Data . While...

Cairo, Egypt When I returned to the United States this past weekend after spending six weeks in the Middle East, I didn’t have all that much in my backpack. One thing I had almost packed but didn’t was a chunk of rock. It was one of thousands thrown outside my Cairo hostel, by Tahrir Square,...

On the surface, it can seem that vagabonders and entrepreneurs live in different worlds. Vagabonders are constantly going to new lands and learning new languages. Entrepreneurs are constantly working on new ideas and promoting their businesses. This blog post by Peter Shankman got me thinking that the two are more similar in mindset: How to...

We usually talk about the air ticket deals we post each month as "RTW trips," because that's the most common shorthand for long-term travel. At the same time, we call them "multi-stop tickets" in the title of each post - because that's really all they are. Some round-the-world tickets you can buy do require you...

UPDATE: WorkShifting is holding a $10,000 contest for digital nomads. Details at Freedom Let Go contest . The Internet and web apps have freed a generation of people to work from anywhere they choose. This is a relatively new movement, so it's hard to find reliable information about telecommuting. Beyond technology, what about the other...

A urinal in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). Photo: Marcus Sortijas Travel writers have it easy. They get to see the world, express their creativity through storytelling, have adventures--and their company pays for it all! How sweet is that? Seth Kugel, the current writer of The New York Times "Frugal Traveler" column, bursts that bubble in his...

We've mentioned several times before how common budget questions are when talking about long-term travel. Unless you've got a means for making money as you travel - whether through a web-based business or by taking odd jobs along the way - you'll need to save up whatever you plan to live off of before you...

"I have found out there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them." - Tom Sawyer Abroad , by Mark Twain Naturally, we put up a front when we're dating someone. We hide our flaws and try to present our best selves. But what...

It's the dream of many vagabonders: to earn money online while working remotely. But as anyone who's done a Google search for "make money online" knows, there are a lot of scams out there. Finding credible, honest information can be difficult. That's why it was so refreshing to read about a vagabonder who gave the...

February is, to many, the dreariest month of the year. Couple that with more-brutal-than-normal weather in January and it's like the perfect storm of reasons to start planning your next trip. Of course, there are plenty of places that aren't in the depths of winter in February. Heading south at this time of year isn't...

Can seeing new places, meeting new people, and living new lifestyles spark your imagination? SpyreStudios, an online magazine for web designers, thinks so: 5 reasons travel can improve your design work . Here's an excerpt: " Traveling rocks. Practically everyone likes to travel, whether by land, sea or air. And why not? You get excited...

Getting out of your comfort zone on your travels not only opens you up to new experiences, but also teaches you a lot about yourself. It’s advocated by a wide variety of travelers—from Rick Steves to Nicholas Kristof . And when you’ve done it once, it can change the way you travel for the rest...

What if you could: --travel around the world for free? --get experience as a travel writer? --express your creativity through videos, photos, blogs, and tweets? You can! STA Travel is holding the 2011 World Traveler Internship . The two winners will hit 16 countries and serve as travel correspondents. The runners-up will get to spend...

Budget questions are among the most frequently asked when it comes to planning just about any trip, but especially long-term trips. When you feel ready to hit the road, the time spent waiting until you've saved enough money to travel can be agonizing - so what about taking out a loan and traveling now ?...

A $1 bill. Photo: rychlepozicky.com /Flickr Creative Commons One of the central tenets of vagabonding is that travel doesn't have to be expensive. In fact, going abroad can be far cheaper than your monthly housing and car costs at home. Lonely Planet called on its readers to send in their tips on what $1 buys...

Damascus, Syria "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," wrote Charles Dickens in the opening line of A Tale of Two Cities . He was referring to life in an area of Europe in the late 1700s, but one could also feasibly slap this line into a book about overnights...

SIM cards and top-up cards. Photo: Karl Baron /Flickr Creative Commons The situation: you're out and about in an exotic land. You meet some cool travelers, open-minded and fun. You all fervently promise to meet up later that night. What happens? You show up on time, but your new friends are nowhere to be found....

It's still difficult to believe it's already 2011 (although so far I haven't made the mistake of writing January 2010 as the date anywhere), but time keeps chugging forward. And you may not be surprised to learn that this is one of the most popular travel planning times of the year. As soon as the...