Turns out not everyone loves Americans. For Rachel Friedman, the shock of seeing her nation from abroad led to feelings of betrayal, denial and awakening.
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My first solo trip abroad was less than a year after 9/11.
Life in the U.S. was still tense, especially on the East coast, where I was a junior in college.
Airports were enveloped in almost sanctuary-like silence. While I waited to board my flight to Dublin I watched people remove shoes and sweaters and belts.
Returning home after an awesome trip is tough; when you’re a couple, it can be even harder.
Don’t let your relationship fall into a post-travel rut.
After weeks or months of all day face-time in exotic destinations—along with the intimacy (good and bad) that it creates—going back to the drudgery of cubicle life can put a serious damper on even the strongest relationships.
Publishing online is still viewed as less “legitimate” than publishing printed words on the physical page.
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The Internet has made it much easier for writers to break into the world of publishing. As an aspiring writer myself, I’ve spent countless hours exploring every website imaginable, all of which promise the key to success.
Websites such as Matador Travel, Transitions Abroad, and EditRED provide opportunities to hone your journalistic endeavors.
Tags: When, Will, Online, Writing, Get, The, Respect, DeservesLosing your passport or bank cards on the road sucks. Not having the numbers accessible sucks even more.
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For most of us our day to day life takes place in our homes, apartments and offices.
Each of these locations contain pretty much everything we own, need to survive and identify who we are. Somehow though, when we travel we are able to condense all these ???essentials??? into one or two small bags, carry them on our shoulders and hoist them onto trains.
Tags: Ways, Protect, Your, Essential, Travel, DocumentsSeeker: “Teach me the way to liberation.” Zen master: “Who binds you?” Seeker: “No one binds me.” Zen master: “Then why seek liberation?”
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The desire to travel can be motivated by a variety of desires. To see the world. To push our boundaries.
Perhaps to gain the ultimate truth: enlightenment.
But what is enlightenment? And how would we know it if we found it? For me, I’ve found a valuable guide in Zen Buddhism.
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For unbiased ratings and opinions about nearly everything related to travel, check out 10 Best, an online compendium of worldwide travel guides. Whether you’re looking for entertainment and nightlife in Akron, Ohio or the best antique shops in York, Pennsylvania, 10 Best has the info you crave.
If you may also make your own recommendations for hotels and lodging, sightseeing, local activities and events, dining and more by contributing to this vibrant online travel community.
Tags: Try, Best, Travel, GuidesInternet cafes can be dangerous places. Here’s how to keep your information safe.
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Whether sending email, uploading photos, booking flights and hotels, paying the bills back home, and checking the status of a bank account, travelers use the internet for a huge variety of tasks.
The ubiquity of internet cafes around the world has made this convenience possible.
Tags: Tips, Every, Traveler, Should, Know, About, Internet, SecurityMovies have the power to inspire, to take us on a trip without requiring us to get off the couch.
A scene from “O Brother Where Art Thou?”
One traveling garden gnome. A star-crossed couple on a sinking ocean liner. Eleven crooks on a European heist. And Bond??James Bond.
These are just four of the travelers who didn’t make it onto our roundup of the twenty greatest travel films of all time. Not because we didn’t like Amelie, Titanic, Ocean’s 11 or the Bond movies, mind you, but because we just didn’t have the space.
Tags: The, Most, Memorable, Travel, Films, That, Aren, Really, About, TravelMark Twain’s wit, humor and knack for misadventure are so hilarious, his words remain fresh to this day.
Mark Twain enjoying a cigar on the porch.
Good sex can distract you from a relationship??s deeper problems.
The same principle applies to books. A good plot is like good sex - it can distract you from the sort of sloppy, dispassionate writing that some people refer to as ???bestsellers.???
Tags: How, Mark, Twain, Taught, Tramp, AbroadThe worst thing about hippies: they??re out there. Somewhere. And you can??t tell by looking at ???em anymore.
Photo courtesy of hippies.
Why don’t all you damn hippies get a life?
Looking around, you don’t see many hippies these days. Sure, you see bellbottoms, tie-dyes and Birkenstocks ?? why not, they’re comfortable ?? but the people in them don??t consider themselves hippies.
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