Travel Memoir to write home about: Two big thumbs up for Julian Smith’s ‘Crossing the Heart of Africa’
byI first picked up Crossing the Heart of Africa: An Odyssey of Love and Adventure by Julian Smith not so much for the author’s…
Round-the-World Honeymoon
A Rooftop in Pakistan: My latest travel story
byWorldHum.com was one of the best travel sites on the Internet way before it became Travel Channel’s official blog for high-caliber narrative stories. Its…
Malian-Americana Folk Music Mash-Up: Adam Klein Returns to Mali with a guitar and a cameraman
by[The following article appears in the Fall 2010 print issue of Worldview, the magazine of the National Peace Corps Association (I love getting to…
Go Black Stars! Ghana goes bananas! Tranquilo Traveler digs up World Cup 2006 posts
byAs Ghana celebrates its first win in the 2010 World Cup, I thought I’d take a look back. Exactly four years ago, my wife…
Musicians who travel: Bela Fleck goes to Africa, produces amazing film
byBanjo virtuoso Bela Fleck brings his instrument back to its native Africa in Throw Down Your Heart, a phenomenal documentary film which came out…
Rest In Peace Professor Khwaja Masud (1922–2010)
byBy far, the most commented-upon entry I have ever posted is “Why We Came to Pakistan: Gordon College, Rawalpindi, and our search for Dr….
Cooking Classes in Thailand: Tranquilo mention on Ephemerratic
byThe round-the-worlders over at ephemerratic.com are exploring cooking classes in Chiang Mai in their latest post: “I’ve taken a cooking class here and there…
Passionate immersive travelers surf cardboard signs through European cities: ExperienceLess and Trourists
byCreated for those “who travel to live destinations, not visit them,” ExperienceLess is the collaborative effort of a loose group of “trourists” (I know,…
Transitions Abroad on “what makes long-term travelers tick”
byThat’s what pro-hobo and travel writer Nora Dunn addresses in “The Motivation for Long-Term Travel,” interviews with six creative and dedicated full-time travelers. Each…
Street art in Spain and Portugal
byTodd and Lauren just posted a slide show of street art they saw in Spain and Portugal. UPDATE: The round-the-world, ephemerratic couple has landed…