Let’s face it: travelling is much less stressful when you do not need to get yourself a visa. And if you never had such a thought before, believe me, you are either lucky - because you are the holder of a “valuable” nationality passport -, or you have never tried to get to many “off...

"Pilgrimage seems to be a means of reinforcing certainties of faith. Independent travel can be about challenging one's idea of living." --Rory MacLean, Magic Bus: On the Hippie Trail From Istanbul to India (2006)

America's top intelligence officer in Afghanistan has a plan for fixing intel operations in the country -- and he's turning to vagabonding techniques to do it. Maj. Gen. Michael Flynn points the way in a new report that isn't bureaucratic hardtack -- it's sensible, easy to digest, and actually looks healthy. First, the report's view...