May 7th, 2013 at 10:00AM: 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 new insights into the traveling lifestyle. But in his new travel narrative, "The Last Train to Zona Verde," the 71-year-old ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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An Interview With Paul Theroux, Author Of 'The Last Train To Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari'
May 7th, 2013 at 10:00AM: 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 new insights into the traveling lifestyle. But in his new travel narrative, "The Last Train to Zona Verde," the 71-year-old ...Roger Ebert, Travel Writer
Apr 10th, 2013 at 9:00AM: 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 and foremost a journalist, and he applied his curiosity and ease of language to many things, including travel.
If you ...Breezy, Probably Unfair Generalizations About Panama Based On An Hour At Tocumen International Airport
Feb 17th, 2013 at 10:00AM: Writers are famous for blowing into places for a very short period of time and then spouting off on them as though they were experts. Click on my name here and you'll see that I'm just as guilty as everyone else. And writers with a hell of a lot more talent than me have done the same thing.
According to Paul Theroux's "Tao of Travel," D. H. Lawrence spent just a week in Sardinia, but needed 355 ...The 25 Best Contemporary Travel Books
Aug 16th, 2012 at 11:00AM:
The only thing that can get me through periods of inertia when I can't travel is a good book. Twenty years ago, I picked up a copy of Paul Theroux's "The Great Railway Bazaar" and have been a restless wanderer ever since. Over the years, great books have inspired me to travel but have also filled in my gaps in knowledge about places I'm probably not brave enough to visit, like Congo or ...
Travel Trends: Train travel in the USA
May 27th, 2010 at 8:27AM: Paul Theroux, the great American travel writer, once said, "Almost anything is possible in a train" -- and that still holds true today. While the U.S. has not embraced rail travel as a primary means of transportation for several decades, a resurgence is growing. Passengers frustrated with airline delays and rising costs, the high cost of gasoline and road construction are beginning to give train ...Talking travel with Paul Theroux (Part 2)
Sep 24th, 2008 at 1:00PM: 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, China, Russia and Georgia, considers his past work and gives his own assessment on the impact of his seminal travel book, The ...Talking travel with Paul Theroux
Sep 23rd, 2008 at 1:00PM: 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 Eastern Star, Theroux's highly anticipated follow-up, in which he retraces the route he took 35 years ago. From Eastern ...
