Here's an exciting film for vagabonders: it's about 7 billion people, 24 hours, and one planet. Check out the trailer: https://vimeo.com/26378195 From the official description: ONE DAY ON EARTH creates a picture of humanity by recording a 24-hour period throughout every country in the world. We explore a greater diversity of perspectives than ever seen...

Unless you've been living in a place where popular media does not go (like with my mother), you might have noticed that Elizabeth Gilbert's surprise hit memoir "Eat, Pray, Love" has been made into a movie starring Julia Roberts...and it's getting released, on slightly different days, around this time in lots of different countries. The...

The novelty of being a foreigner can lead to unexpected job opportunities, as this article in The Atlantic explains: Rent a white guy . The shady nature of the job and over-the-top pay could be a symptom of a bubble economy, reminiscent of 90's Japan. Or at least racial stereotyping. CNN did a similar story,...

Damascus, Syria I had seen the ads for television extras in Bangkok hostels, and I had spoken with travelers about their Bollywood background roles in Mumbai. But I had never made an effort to pursue this myself. But last Monday at 9:00 a.m., while stepping out of the hostel to buy a bottle of water...

I’ve been accused of always finishing a destination-related book with the comment, “I want to go to … (the name of the destination).” Fiction or nonfiction, it doesn’t really matter. If it’s a good book, the text allows me to conjure in my mind what the place is like. If it’s not so great, I...