Cheryl Strayed wants to show me the "dog bus" – but first we have to find it.
We walk along her quiet residential streets in Northeast Portland trying to track down the intriguing vehicle, my imagination running wild. Are we about to free a group of shackled ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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The Wandering Writer: A Tour through Inner Northeast Portland with Cheryl Strayed
Cheryl Strayed wants to show me the "dog bus" – but first we have to find it.
We walk along her quiet residential streets in Northeast Portland trying to track down the intriguing vehicle, my imagination running wild. Are we about to free a group of shackled ...Pilot's New Book Argues 'Everything You Know About Air Travel is Wrong'
From white-knuckled first-time flyers to seasoned business travelers, anyone looking for a behind-the-scenes look at air travel should pick up pilot and travel columnist Patrick Smith's new book. To compose "Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air ...
An Interview With Paul Theroux, Author Of 'The Last Train To Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari'
After writing eight travel books that took him around Britain on foot, through the Pacific on a kayak, across Latin America, Europe and Asia on trains and up and down Africa by his wits over the last 30 years, one might think that Paul Theroux would be hard pressed to find ...Roger Ebert, Travel Writer
Last week, the world lost one of the all-time great film critics, when Roger Ebert passed away at age 70. He was mostly known for his love of movies and long career reviewing them at the Chicago Sun-Times, as well as his witty and wide-reaching Twitter feed. Roger was first ...Travel Reads: 'Eighty Days' By Matthew Goodman
It is easy, without historical context, to mistake our own travels – and the documentation thereof – as some kind of bold act. We think ourselves grand for going around the world and we think our stories worthy of sharing merely because we can. But 150 years ago, ...Arthur Frommer Will Again Publish Guidebooks
Last week, I wrote a lengthy tribute to guidebooks and the sad news that Frommer's guidebooks would cease publication, and many readers here and on Twitter shared in my grief. Well, it's time to remove the black armbands, because Arthur and his trusty guides are back! Don't ...A Personal Lament To The Death Of Guidebooks
It was with a heavy heart that I read the news last week that Frommer's guidebooks will cease to be printed. The guidebooks were purchased by Google last summer, and as of this year, the entire future list of titles will not be released. With the takeover of digital apps, ...Gadling Guide Review: Bradshaw's 1862 Guide To London
George Bradshaw was responsible for the development of a series of railway timetables that were an icon of British Victorian travel – they're mentioned by Sherlock Holmes, Phileas Fogg and there was a 1876 music hall song called "Bradshaw's Guide."
I reached ...Meet The Reclusive American Billionaire Who Bought Lonely Planet
Last year, the Wall Street Journal called Brad Kelley "the man with a million acres." Now the American billionaire and land addict has expanded his kingdom to include the world's biggest travel-guide publisher. Kelley's NC2 Media bought Lonely Planet from BBC Worldwide ...
Moments of Serendipitous Travel Bliss In Nicaragua
I was sitting on the Che Guevara ferry, which was bouncing over choppy waters in Lake Cocibolca on the way back from Ometepe island in Nicaragua, when I heard a sweet melody drifting slowly through the humid night air like a message in a bottle floating in the lake. I peaked ...Book Review: 'The Food Traveler's Handbook'
Full disclosure: I know Jodi Ettenberg, author of "The Food Traveler's Handbook." I've eaten with Jodi and explored cities with her; she's even inspected the spices in my Istanbul sublet apartment. Rather than let my friendship with her just guarantee a great review of her ...Book Review: Lonely Planet's 'Better Than Fiction'
What is travel writing? Is the genre defined by its commitment to true-to-life recounting of the people, places and cultures we have experienced and lessons to be drawn from them? Or is travel writing something more malleable, simply a style of writing, true or not, that ...Tim Leffel On The World's 21 Cheapest Countries
Tim Leffel's mission is to help skinflints like me find travel destinations they can afford. He traveled around the world on a shoestring with his wife three times and decided to write a book about the world's cheapest countries after realizing that there was no single ...Travel Hacking: Best Holiday Gifts For Low-Tech Travelers
I'm an unapologetic Luddite. My colleagues at Gadling will attest to this. The fact that I write for AOL is both cosmic luck and hilarious irony given my initial reluctance to embrace the digital era.
I can't help it; it's hereditary. At least, that's what I tell ...A Review Of The Best American Travel Writing 2012
Tijuana. Chernobyl. Sicily's mafioso strongholds. Cairo's Garbage City. The contaminated holy waters of Varanasi, India. Bosnia. Norway's frozen tundra. These might not be the places you'd like to visit on your next holiday, but you will want to read about them in the latest ...The Wandering Writer: A Tour Through Manhattan's East Village With Tony Perrottet
Tony Perrottet won't talk to me. When I call him from the lobby he picks up his phone but doesn't utter a word. Rules dictate that he can't speak in the Writers Room, the shared workspace where he churns out articles and books, and the first stop on our walking tour of ...Video Of The Day: 'Half The Sky' Visits Cambodia's Toul Kork Road
Watch Meg Ryan Visits Cambodia's Toul Kork Road on PBS. See more from Independent Lens.
"Half the Sky" is more than a four-hour PBS documentary series; it is a movement to turn oppression into opportunity for women worldwide.
The documentary, which premiered earlier ...
Anthony Bourdain Bids Farewell To 'No Reservations'
For lovers of food, snark and real or armchair travel, a sad day is nearly upon us: the final episode of the Travel Channel's "No Reservations." On Monday, November 5, "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations – The Final Tour" will air at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
As befitting the ...
'Crap Souvenirs': New Book Explores Souvenirs So Bad They're Good
Admit it. We've all bought terrible souvenirs while traveling. Even worse, occasionally even though we know it's tacky, inauthentic, cheap, or just plain useless, we end up buying them anyway.
Why?
Because the human mind is a really weird thing. Oftentimes, ...Author Lisa Napoli On The Perils And Pleasures Of Bhutan
When a midlife crisis hit Lisa Napoli in the wake of turning 40, she needed a break from L.A. and her job as a reporter for the public radio program "Marketplace." A chance encounter with a good looking guy led her to a volunteer opportunity at Kuzoo FM in Bhutan, the tiny ...
