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 ...Travel Reads: 'Eighty Days' By Matthew Goodman
Apr 7th, 2013 at 10:00AM: 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, this was just not the case. Travel was a big deal, women traveling an even bigger deal and women traveling solo, if not ...Travel Hacking: Best Holiday Gifts For Low-Tech Travelers
Nov 9th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
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 myself, whenever I watch my dad pecking away on my grandparent's 1930s Smith-Corona (not a lie), or fumbling with the remote.
...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 ...
Inside Stanfords: The World's Best Travel Bookstore
Jul 17th, 2012 at 11:00AM: London is a dangerous city for bibliophiles. The city has a ridiculous wealth of great independent bookstores and if you're a compulsive book buyer like me, you might give your credit cards quite a workout. My first literary stop in London is always Stanfords, the legendary travel bookshop that's been patronized by everyone from Michael Palin and Bill Bryson to Ernest Shackelford and Dr. David ...Classic Travel Writing: Jack Kerouac's 'Lonesome Traveler'
May 15th, 2012 at 9:30AM: While blogs take up most of my travel reading these days, every now and then I like to dip into an old classic. So on a recent flight to Washington DC to attend the Gadling bloggers summit, I read "Lonesome Traveler" by Jack Kerouac.
This slim volume contains eight stream-of-consciousness essays in the style you'd expect from one of the leaders of the Beat Generation. For example, the author ...Ian Frazier on Travels in Siberia
Feb 24th, 2012 at 10:00AM: For most Americans, Siberia is a place for the exiled or the condemned, not the holidaymaker. Its land mass encompasses 1/12th of the planet's surface area and is chock full of natural resources, but remains mysterious and misunderstood.
The prolific American writer Ian Frazier, author of ten books and a regular contributor to the New Yorker, made five trips to Siberia between 1993-2009 and ...Upcoming travel blogger conferences for 2012
Jan 30th, 2012 at 12:00PM: If the word "conference" immediately conjures images of tipsy, poly-suit clad conventioneers, comic book geeks, or coma-inducing workshops, you obviously haven't attended a travel blogger gathering.
'Tis the season for some of the year's biggest travel industry blowouts. Each has a different focus--some are for accredited travel writers, others hone in on the burgeoning travel blogging industry ...Want to have your travel stories published in a book?
Nov 16th, 2011 at 4:00PM: Have you ever wanted to have your travel stories published in a book? Well, now here's your chance. The bloggers behind wegetthere operate under the strong belief that "travel means freedom", and they strive to create a community of travelers, explorers, and adventurers. Taking their mission one step further, the bloggers have decided to put together a book, relevantly titled "Travel Means ...Marco Polo: travel writer fraud
Aug 12th, 2011 at 9:00AM: As a child, I was fascinated by stories about Marco Polo. History told us that the 13th Century Italian merchant and explorer famously traveled to the Far East, where he witnessed the wonders of Chinese and Mongolian cultures, and even served as an ambassador to the court of Kublai Kahn. For more than 24 years, Marco wandered throughout Asia, where he traded with the locals and became intimately ...Travel Read: The Coffee Story
Jul 15th, 2011 at 4:00PM: As a writer, I read many books by authors I know. As a traveler, I read lots of books set in places I've been. The Coffee Story by Peter Salmon gave me the rare chance to read a book about a place I love written by someone I met there.
For the record, I don't review books by friends because that's both unprofessional and unwise. Peter isn't a friend except in the Facebook sense of "I got drunk ...New photography book on food and travel profiles meals around the world
Dec 27th, 2010 at 2:00PM: There are a few key things that unite mankind, one of which is the need to eat. Whether the act itself is one of indulgence or subsistence is largely a cultural and geographic, and not just economic, issue. It's this dichotomy that forms the theme for a fascinating new addition to the food and travel book genre.
What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets is the work of photographer Peter Menzel ...Seven ways to explore the world without leaving home
Nov 27th, 2009 at 9:30AM:
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Travel can be an escape - a chance to get away from the stress of our daily lives - but it can also be much more. Travel is about exploring a destination (new or familiar), understanding and connecting with the local culture, and seeing how people in a ...Talking Travel with Step Back from the Baggage Claim, Jason Barger
Nov 11th, 2009 at 11:30AM: Jason Barger already knew a fair amount about people before he headed off his 7-day, 7-airport travel spree to do nothing but watch them interact. He'd spent many a spring break leading adolescents and adults on house-building ventures in Mexico, a trip that took him through various airports with a band of travelers of all ages, for example.
Wanting more fodder to further develop his ideas about ...America travel inspiration: Blue Highways
Aug 3rd, 2009 at 9:03AM: For many Americans, dream trips involve far-flung international destinations. Traveling thousands of miles from home to a foreign land just seems more exciting. You get to experience a new culture, sample unfamiliar cuisine, and of course, get that all-important passport stamp to add to your collection.
A trip within your own country just can't compete with that. The food is the same, the history ...Chameleon with a Camera and Dennis Darling's packing list
Jul 10th, 2009 at 10:30AM: There's a photography book Chameleon with a Camera: A Unique Primer on Travel Photography and How to Survive a Trip in the Philipsburg, Montana Public Library. It's a slim volume perfect for taking along on a trip for inspiration. The author, Dennis Carlyle Darling is a professional photographer and a professor of journalism at the University of Texas in Austin.
Each summer he and his wife, ...Travel Read: Step Back from the Baggage Claim and book giveaway
Apr 27th, 2009 at 3:00PM: To win a signed copy of Step Back from the Baggage Claim, follow the directions at the end of the post.
For Jason Barger, an airport is not only a place where people depart and arrive on airplanes in their quests to get from one location to another. Airports are a metaphor about life. In his book, Step Back from the Baggage Claim, a slim volume that is a perfect size for slipping into a carry-on, ...Co-author of "100 Things to Do Before You Die" recently died: Sad news and a reminder to not wait to travel
Aug 26th, 2008 at 2:30PM: If there was ever an indication that one should seize the day and not wait to take that wonderful trip you've always wanted to go on, it's this story at msnbc.com.
Dave Freeman, the co-author of 100 Things to Do Before You Die: Travel Events You Just Can't Miss unexpectedly died on August 17. He fell and hit is head in his own house. He was only 47.
As a person who is reaching a hallmark ...Condé Nast Traveler names 86 best travel books of all time
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Dec 17th, 2007 at 1:00PM: Just in time for Christmas, Condé Nast Traveler has released a very detailed list of the 86 Greatest Travel Books of All Time. (Actually, the list came out in the September issue, but now is a far more appropriate time to be looking for gifts, don't you think?) So how does one pick the very best travel books of all time? By relying on a panel of experts, naturally. Condé Nast ...Pico Iyer's humble Let's Go beginnings
Dec 15th, 2007 at 3:00PM: If you've ever read Pico Iyer, you'll know that he is one of those rare, wonderfully eloquent travel writers who can really nail a destination and make you feel as though you were there. What you probably don't know about Pico, however, is that he began his career writing for Let's Go--the ubiquitous publication so often clutched by young Americans backpacking through Europe. Pico was at Harvard ...
