I was chatting on Facebook one day with a fellow traveler. She made a comment that left me speechless, horrified, and quaking in my boots. Her daughter had not been immunized. Against anything. Ever. “People get sick because their immune system is weak,” she told me. “My daughter is very healthy.” Now here’s the thing:...

There was an interesting discussion on a cycling forum I visit from time to time. A man responded to a blog post I had written about cycling to the ends of the world with my children. “ I just don't see how subjecting kids to this odyssey of self-discovery or whatever it was could possibly...

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...

With all the bad news from the media, positive trends don't get that much coverage. It's easy to find news about where not to go. But how about an update? What often goes unnoticed is when dangerous places get safer. Forbes Traveler had an article called Not-So-Dangerous Destinations . It goes in the opposite direction...

Brave New Traveler, one of the sites in the Matador Network, recently posted an essay on fear, specifically, on how fear can hold us back from our travels. In the piece, " Fear and Loathing: How Risk of Injury Can Inhibit Travel Plans ," the author writes that after she was badly injured in a...