When the principal attraction of a trip is looking at other people’s lives, there’s a fine line between human interest and human zoo.
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While much of Africa is best known for its stunning wildlife and superlative National Parks, Ethiopia’s main travel draws are scenic natural beauty and fascinating people.
Therefore, it seemed only natural that when our overland trip passed through Ethiopia, we took a detour to the Omo Valley, an area rich in colorful tribes.
Stepping into bars, alone and in foreign climes, can be intimidating. Break the ice with these tips.
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Recently I was talking to a female friend of mine - a friend who is incredibly gutsy when it comes to solo travel.
We were talking about my bar-hopping habit when I travel solo, and she mentioned how impressed she was by my ability to wander into a local drinking hole on the road and make myself at home.
Planning a destination wedding can seem like a daunting task. Here’s what you need to know.
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Destination weddings have become increasingly popular in recent years, and a growing number of couples say they’d like to celebrate their special day in an exotic location.
Planning a destination wedding, however, can seem overwhelming, especially when so many details are being coordinated from afar.
Tags: The, Ultimate, Guide, Planning, Destination, WeddingEnglish is spoken in every major city in the world, especially tourist destinations. Terry Dip thinks there’s a problem with that.
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Paris. At a cafe outside the Pantheon, I see a group of Japanese tourists, all women between their 20??s and 50??s, telling a waiter in broken English, ???Something to drink, please?? non-alcoholic.???
Tags: Should, English, The, World, International, LanguageMovies 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, TravelAre you a slave to technology miles away from home? Here’s how to break the chains.
Are you addicted to tech? Photo by Adrian Sampson
As travelers, we like to think of ourselves as intrepid, independent, and adaptive. We forgo modern comforts in return for experiences and relationships that are difficult to find within our own societies.
Many of us are trying to find answers, find a purpose, or find ourselves, away from the ???noise??? of daily lives which have become mundane and unfulfilling.
Tags: The, Joy, Traveling, UnpluggedMark 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, AbroadMusic reminds us of our travels, just as much as it inspires us to travel. It urges us to unfold the maps, pack your backpack and hit the road.
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Every time I listen to Pink Floyd??s Shine on You Crazy Diamond, I think back to the Makgadi-kgadi Pans in Botswana. These pans cover 6 177.6 square miles, and from the middle, you can see the curvature of the Earth.
Tags: Reasons, Love, Music, The, JourneyThe world is beautiful and harsh in all its infinite possibilities. Whenever I travel, what I call ???The Tramp and the Kid Doctrine??? guides me.
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“You are a hobo,” declared my friend of a decade. I stared at her, perplexed, and racked my brains to figure out why she was calling me a bum.
Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I was planning a trip to Peru despite not having worked for several months.
Tags: Lessons, Hope, From, The, Kid, Saigon
Illustration by Jacob Bielanski
Take a look at this website. The text, the picture above, the pictures below, the logo - all of them represent a separate request by your computer to a server hosted somewhere else on the planet.
With each request, a packet was generated that had to find a path in myriad of trails. It is very likely that each one of these requests took a different path. And it will be a whole new set of paths and destinations when you click away from here.
Tags: Does, The, Internet, Cheapen, Your, Travel, Experience