A recent post at Matt Gross's Frugal Traveler blog sparked a heated debate among readers. The post, entitled "Making Vacation Last for Months" , discussed the experiences of two long term travelers - Emerson Breneman and Sean Wallace. To my surprise, the article elicited the following comments: Oh. I usually just called these people bums....

This poem, called "I Go Back To The House For A Book," reminds me of all the times I've imagined going somewhere, doing something, seeing someplace ELSE, while I was busy going, doing, and being somewhere already. Life is full of so many threads, and sometimes lots of them seem interesting but you have to...

How far are you willing to go for a good cup of coffee? While seeing spectacular sights is great, some of my best times overseas has been sitting with a cup of coffee and watching the world go by. Terry Ward has an article at World Hum about the Best Cities to Drink Coffee ....

It will not be of much surprise to most of you when I tell you that this is my last post on Vagabonding. Waah. I've been a reader of this blog for over 4 years, and have been writing for it for 15 months. Rolf's book " Vagabonding " changed the way I think, the...

I know I've been dwelling on my transition phase for the last few or more posts. But it's only really been over a month; yes, I'm allowing myself full grievance time. I'm still questioning my move back to Dubai, still wondering whether my career is as important as I thought it was. I was speaking...

Yes, Lonely Planet has finally joined the bandwagon of weblog awards! Nominations for the Lonely Planet Travel Blogger Awards are now open. You can nominate as many blogs as you want, in the following categories: # Best Destination Blog # Best Expat Blog # Best Travelogue # Best Consumer Travel Blog # Best non-English language...

That's the tagline of The World's Greatest Travelers Global Scavenger Hunt . It's a blind date because you will not know in advance the countries you will be visiting, you will be told as you board the plane! So, if you ever really wanted to go on a properly planned, round-the-world scavenger hunt, here's your...

When you are planning a long trip, cross continent, you can never have enough information. I remember a friend in Spain would make me see him for coffee for a year before he actually left for his RTW trip. He just wanted reassurance, support, chat, my guidebooks, website links, anything, because taking that final step...

One of my favorite travel blogs (turned portal) World Hum has revamped their great website to make it even greater. It's a very clean new format; still got lots of awesome stories, yet easy on the eye. They have a new video/podcast section which aggregates videos from their events and has some new ones. It's...

As people interested in travel, we are obviously interested in the world around us, and I'm sure that all of us have thought about how we can make a difference. Any teeny weeny difference. There are many initiatives you can take part in, but if you want something effortless to kick-start your "making a difference"...

Online social networking has revolutionized the way people communicate via the internet. Even travelers can benefit from this by using Facebook , one of the leading social networking sites out there. Here are some ways you can use Facebook as part of your travel experience: Find people who have been to your destination. One thing...

Rory MacLean's ' The Oatmeal Ark ' is part travel memoir, part historical fiction. Or maybe it's part history book, and part travel fiction. It's hard to pin this book down: it blurs the line between fact and fiction, past and present. The book follows the fictional Beagan Gillean as he travels the world in...

So, you're an American who's finally quit your job and sold all your stuff, and you're about to embark on your RTW trip. You've been concentrating on planning your trip - researching what to see and do, buying your plane tickets , how to get from Point A to Point B, how many pairs of...