I would like to introduce a very good online resource dedicated to Central Asia, one of those regions where traveling still comes with a fair amount of headaches. Caravanistan is a complete regional guide divided by country that I used a lot to check for actual information in the labyrinth which Central Asian bureaucracy can...

It's one of the great train journeys: the Trans-Siberian Railway. The train makes tracks from Europe on one end to Asia on the other. If you can't make it out to Russia anytime soon, you can get a sample of the trip from the comfort of your computer. Here's the NY Times article: Trans-Siberian Railway...

Rolf poses with one his favorite travel-writing role-models, adventure scribe Tim Cahill, at Northern California's Book Passage Conference in August Toward the end of each year I usually post a round-up of my travel highlights from the previous 12 months. This year I've been diligent enough with additions to the " Rolf's News and Updates...