A few weeks ago, the world wide web saw the launch of a most useful travel resource called GuideGecko.com. Guide Gecko hopes to serve the dual purpose as an online bookstore and independent travel writing recruiter. The site's mastermind, Daniel Quadt, spent the past year ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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A few weeks ago, the world wide web saw the launch of a most useful travel resource called GuideGecko.com. Guide Gecko hopes to serve the dual purpose as an online bookstore and independent travel writing recruiter. The site's mastermind, Daniel Quadt, spent the past year ...Talking Travel with Road Trip USA writer Jamie Jensen
Avalon travel writer Jamie Jensen, whose travel guidebook, Road Trip USA, hit book stands earlier this month, took time from his busy book tour to answer a few questions about travel, writing, and road tripping across the country. Don't forget to enter the Gadling Giveaway ...Talking Travel (and Cuba) with award-winning travel journalist Christopher P. Baker
Christopher Baker is the 2008 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year and has visited Cuba more than 30 times. He's personally met with Fidel Castro, as well as leading members of the Cuban government and is personally acquainted with key figures within Cuba as well as ...Talking travel with David Grann
David Grann, author of the now New York Times Bestselling book "The Lost City of Z" and contributor to various publications such as The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, and Boston Globe, was gracious enough to set aside some precious time to correspond with me via email to ...Talking Travel with Pico Iyer and a book give-away
When I first read Pico Iyer's book Video Night in Kathmandu, I was hooked. Reading Iyer's words is a trip down streets that you may have traveled before but have not found the words to describe. When you read his prose, the tendency is to say, "Yes, that's it." For places ...A Self Indulgent Interview with Helen Zille, Mayor of Cape Town, South Africa
I won't interview just anyone. I'm Mike Barish, after all. I like to speak with dynamic, interesting, foward-thinking people who fascinate me. In the past, I interviewed Mike Lee, head of one of the country's most exciting and up-and-coming underground eating clubs.
This ...Talking Travel with Tim Ferriss (again) about his new TV show: Trial By Fire
Tim Ferriss has come a long way since we first interviewed him a year and a half ago. His book, The Four Hour Work Week, was released in the wild where it quickly rocketed to the top of all the Best Seller lists. So we weren't too surprised when we learned of his new TV ...Talking Travel with Tim Patterson
Tim Patterson comes from the Rolf Potts School of travel writing-- thoughtful, funny, and talented. But above all else, he's a traveler.
It seems Tim is constantly on the move, whether it's to Cambodia, Bhutan, or Uruguay. He shares his love for travel on a number of sites, ...Talking travel with the mayor of Stockholm
I think everyone pretty much has a crush on the Swedes. It's been towards the top of my must-see destinations for a long time. Here to talk about his favorite city--and his homeland--is the mayor of Stockholm, Sten Nordin. Why Stockholm now? Stockholm is at its most ...Talking Travel with Rolf Potts, author of the new book "Marco Polo Didn't Go There"
Rolf Potts has inspired more people to travel than any writer working today. His first book Vagabonding motivated my first long-term trip, and I've run into countless travelers who have said the same thing.
Rolf's newest book is a collection of stories called Marco Polo ...Talking travel with Paul Theroux (Part 2)
In Part 1 of Gadling's conversation with novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux, the author of the recent Ghost Train to the Eastern Star talked about growing older and the importance of the return journey. In Part 2, America's most famous travel writer takes on India, ...Talking travel with Paul Theroux
In 1973, Paul Theroux took a trip that changed both his life and the course of modern travel writing. The Great Railway Bazaar, an account of nearly four months of train travel from London to Japan and back, has been essential reading ever since. Now comes Ghost Train to the ...Talking travel with author of "The Snake Charmer"
I'm here with Jamie James, a former critic at The New Yorker turned author. His latest book, "The Snake Charmer", centers around a renegade herpetologist who ultimately dies in the jungles of Burma after getting bitten by a krait, one of the world's deadliest snakes. Jamie ...Talking travel with author of Rough Guide's Ultimate Adventures
Gregory Witt is author of Ultimate Adventures: A Rough Guide to Adventure Travel, which is out in bookstores today. This is a guy who has done pretty much everything when it comes to extreme adventures, so I'm definitely picking up my copy. He happens to be a skilled ...Talking travel with the expert on traveling with pets
I'm here with Doug Poindexter, president of the World Wide Pet Industry Association, the oldest nonprofit within the field dedicated to pet care. He's here to talk about the tricks of the trade when it comes to traveling with pets, or what to do if you have to leave them ...Talking travel with the celebrated dancing Matt
I'm here with Matthew Harding, who will be forever known as "that guy who makes those silly dancing videos." That's not a bad rep to have, given that everyone from The New York Times to The Today Show wants a piece of him. And did I mention his around-the-world trip was paid ...Talking travel with bicycling pro Lauren Hefferon
True, the Tour de France ended last month, but this is the perfect time to plan for next year's event. Here to tell us how to bike in the legendary race yourself--or at least have a good time in the stands--is Lauren Hefferon, a former professional cyclist who has logged ...Talking Travel with global development researcher Chris Blattman
Besides being a professor at Yale and an expert on poverty and global development, Chris Blattman is widely-traveled and maintains an insightful and entertaining blog. Recently I asked Chris a couple questions related to the ethics of traveling in the developing world, and ...Talking travel with founder of globorati.com
I'm here with Mark Jolly, founder and editor of globorati, the top luxury travel site for the stylish jet set. Mark is also a contributing editor at Conde Nast Traveler, having reported from over 60 countries and lived on four continents. He's here to talk about everything ...Talking travel with an insider of the personal jet industry
Bob Knebel is vice president of sales for Flexjet, a subsidiary of the jet-maker Bombardier which sells shares of private jets to frequent fliers. This is a relatively new trend in the marketplace. He's here to give a glimpse into what actually goes on in the world of ultra ...
