The only way to survive a 10 months post travel blues was fairly simple to me: I took it as a holiday. Seriously. You may not have seen your folks and friends for several years, but this should not be a reason to freak out. The same goes for your friends; because pretty much, nothing...

Do we really need to scrupulously record our travels in this decade? After reading this article on packing a "multimedia backpack," I am confused: as much as the suggestions are important, do we really need to “go forth and journalize”? Possibly yes. Most traveler types dream to earn a living by doing what they love:...

Long term travel is a very rewarding experience and one you will never regret. Sure, you’ll come back home a bit poorer financially - but you’ll be far richer for having had the experiences you did. Your life will never be the same and your outlook will be forever changed. But what do you do...

An eleven-year-old British boy and his father will soon embark on a 3,500 mile overland journey from the UAE to the UK along the safest route possible. The family is relocating back to London. Their son, Joe, experienced paralyzing anxiety about flying for the first time. Several failed attempts to re-board the plane have been...

As I am thumbing my way across the Central Asian republics, I made a very much welcome discovery by typing “hitching to Dushanbe” in Google. What I found was a bit puzzling, at first: I would have never thought that a volatile, hazardous and utterly non-scientific art such as hitching a ride could have a...

Hitching a ride was, is and always will be evoking images of young, reckless, crazy travel. It is for adventurers, because you do not know who will pick you up and when you will arrive at your destination. And it is indeed for adventurous drivers too: our imagination is so full of hideous stories based...

In travel writing, I've often found that it's better to capture the soul a neighborhood of a city than try to describe an entire metropolis. A city, after all, is just a collection of neighborhoods, and the best ones are distinctive. An example: A few scenes of my novel-in-progress take place on Lisbon. Rather than...

Warning for men: if talk about female cycles makes you uncomfortable or queasy I’d suggest you skip this post! ************* Ladies, we can’t all live in the remaining hunter-gatherer cultures where ones menstrual cycle is a sacred celebration. Nor are we still band from our own households for three days like the old laws in...

As most travelers probably know, there’s more than one way to get yourself a great adventure far from home. Last week I wrote a bit about teaching ESL in a foreign country. This week, a bit about another great way to make a buck abroad: work-stays. Lots of establishments—ranging from host farms (organic and non-organic),...

I remember reading a blog post before I left for my trip recommending that first-time travelers take a 5- to 7-week test trip to determine if long-term travel was right for them. I disregarded this advice, as I didn’t really question whether I’d like traveling – I’d dreamed of it my whole life, and the...

A fellow traveler recently asked me for some advice, and it sparked a thought I wanted to share. She’s in her twenties, interested in Croatia, and likes to have fun in the sun. So, I suggested Pag and Havar, two lovely islands off the Dalmatian coast. I recall describing them as “Ibiza in the Balkans”....

This article is the fourth in a series of posts explaining how to bring your music on the road and get to travel with it. Read the series’ introduction , Post#1 , Post # 2 and Post #3 In the last article of this series I mentioned that a band may decide to book their...

This article is the third in a series of posts explaining how to bring your music on the road and get to travel with it. Read the series’ introduction , Post#1 and Post # 2 In the previous posts I have described how to prepare yourself to find shows and thus increase your performing experience....

This article is the second in a series of posts explaining how to bring your music on the road and get to travel with it. (Read the series’ introduction and Post#1) In my last article I was stressing on the necessity to improve your bands’ live performance by playing as many shows as possible ....

This article is the first in a series of posts explaining how to bring your music on the road and get to travel with it (Read the series’ introduction ) To be able to travel with your music, and I mean being able to get paid – even a tiny bit – to play, one...

Most people will never understand the thrill of being on a stage because, actually, they have never been. That complex array of mixed emotions, gut feeling and embarrassment which sometimes spawns some of the World’s greatest awesomeness may be related to travel in many ways. As I previously wrote , by bringing an instrument on...

There has been a recent debate about budget travel against cheap travel: the article draws some interesting comparisons between budgeting your trip, and actually being too much of a cheapo to make the best out of it. As much as I agree with many of the statements presented in the article, I had to stop...

Travel scientists have unearthed that a human subspecies called backpacker, or traveller, has been observed across many of the furthest flung corners of the globe reading guidebooks more than interacting with locals. “So do you want to come with me for breakfast?” “Sure! “ “Any preferences? I saw a street stall at the corner selling...

Last week I discovered that, according to an article published on CNNgo’s websit e, one billion tourists are expected to hit the world’s roads in 2012. With the steady wealth increase of colossus countries China and India, an incredible number of people are going to test the existent infrastructures and push several countries around the...

Last week, Lindsey Rue’s post on Vagabonding inspired me to reconsider slowing down to enjoy the music from another perspective: the musician’s. I have been a punk rock guitarist for the best part of my twenties, and I have started to love travelling because of the long, inspiring van drives linking venue A to venue...