Good travel writing not only tells you what you need to know but describes the location with such sensory details that the reader feels the experience. City of Stairways: A Poet’s Field Guide to San Francisco, although a poetry collection, evokes a sensory experience so similar it must be good…
Solo Travel Hang-Ups and How to Fix Them By Sarah Cavicchi Traveling solo is one of those experiences that can be rewarding and life changing, but it can also be full of scary adjustments, even to the most seasoned traveler. Evelyn Hannon, solo traveling expert and editor of journeywoman.com, knows…
An African Looks at Africa: Cape Town to Cairo With Sihle Kumalo Review by Ariel Newman In his new book ‘Dark Continent My Black Arse,’ Sihle Khumalo takes his readers on his trip from Cape Town to Cairo. Using his own money and motivation, he travels through Africa using buses,…
David Farley takes the reader along on his quest to locate the Holy Foreskin, one of the Catholic Church’s more infamous relics that mysteriously went missing in 1983.
The Lost Girls and the Wander Year: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour around the World. A book excerpt about women’s travel.
Ariel Newman writes about a new website that provides practical photography advice for the ordinary traveler, run by famous photographer Ewen Bell.
A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean By Gary Buslik What follows is an excerpt from the book published in 2008 by Traveler’s Tales. “If you look at a map, you will see that the island chain known as the Caribbean, or, to confuse you, the West Indies, lies between Florida…
Why We Can’t Stop Talking About Eat, Pray, Love By Esha Samajpati “I don’t think I will ever write another book as raw, intimate and revealing as Eat, Pray, Love, which I wrote without imagining that millions of people would ever read it,” confesses Elizabeth Gilbert in an interview on…
Stacey Sorensen writes about how girlfriends can show their concern for the environment by planning earth-friendly green excursions.
Italian hand gestures and meanings: How to interpret Italian hand gestures and how to use them in conversation, an illustrated guide.
By Sarah Cavicchi For travelers with special needs, planning any sort of vacation can be quite a production. With mobility equipment, oxygen tanks, medications, and service animals there is an endless possibility of potential packing and mobility problems. Never mind that certain ports and countries around the world aren’t up…
Esha Samajpati presents an excerpt from a book by Ana M. Briongos call Winter in Kandahar: Life in Afghanistan Before the Taliban.
