Why You Should Travel When You’re Over Fifty
Why You Should Travel When You’re Over Fifty: the benefits of travel at a mature age versus when you’re young and how hostels can help
Reflections
Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live
The Roads of Man: Walking the Length of Broadway By Helena Wahlstrom In the hands of a masterful writer like…
Dealing with Loneliness on the Road
By Norbert Figueroa “Are you by yourself?” This is one of the most common questions I get in almost every…
Mystic Tourism: Searching for the Yagé, in Peru
Peru mysticism: A journeys to the jungle of Peru to search for ayahuasca, or yagé, a powerful hallucinogen known to local peoples as ‘the vine of the soul.’
Phi Phi Islands, Thailand: Beauty and a Bummer
Thailand’s Phi Phi Islands: Beauty and a Bummer By Patrick Smith Off the coast of southwestern Thailand, the Phi Phi…
Jaipur, India: The Monkey Business Traveler
Jaipur, India: The Monkey Business Traveler By Ashutosh Ratnam Getting mugged and nearly molested by a troop of monkeys isn’t…
The Sounds of Trastevere: It’s Never Quiet For Long
Rome’s famous neighborhood near the Colosseum By Greg Roensch I recently spent three weeks in Rome, in the cramped and…
Jordan: Lessons From the Other Holy Land
Jordan: Lessons From the Other Holy Land By Janis Turk But tell a real traveler, and he’ll say, “I’m jealous.”…
An American Fourth of July — in Thailand
Yes, Thailand Celebrates July 4th! By Ronald Estrada I love my new life in paradise: Bangkok, Thailand. Now, I finally…
A Woman’s Life in Jordan: Joys and Hassles
Living in Jordan as a woman: Sophia Jones shares a box of chocolates with a Jordanian woman on a park Bench in Amman, and reflects on the lives of women in the Middle East.
Valencia, Spain: Cheering for the Bull
Jean Miller Spoljaric attends bullfighting in Valencia Spain and is so horrified she cheers for the bull, hating seeing an animal die of stab wounds.