“Death to Hatred and Militarism” Rick Steves finds friendly people and unfriendly signs in Iran during a 2008 visit By Rick Steves I’m working in Iran, part of the “axis of evil” (as defined by my president) in a land whose own president leads chants of “Death to America.” This has me thinking about bombast […]
Niger: A Visit to the Fortune Teller By Alexis Wolff [Editor’s note: The zima in this story declined to be photographed.] Piles of herbs and black pots lined the walls inside the thatched hut. I was studying them when, all of a sudden, I heard the faint thunk of the first batch of cowry shells […]
A Brief Tour of the Holy Land “I hesitate to make pronouncements about the conflict. I’ll only say that I found it very easy to tour this part of the world. I did so with little money and without much planning. I’d encourage anyone interested in America’s policies in the area to do the same, […]
A Brief Tour of the Holy Land – Page Two By Roman Skaskiw A taxi took us into the Jordan Valley, down majestic mountains of crumbling rock. We switched to a bus at the actual border. On it, we met a Swedish guy who’d been cycling from his home to Cairo. He used the phrase […]
A Brief Tour of the Holy Land – Page Five By Roman Skaskiw Someone relayed a message from them: all internationals and Israeli citizens must leave the area. Seconds later, everybody, including Palestinians, made a determined move back into town. Having gone through this together, we were all suddenly great friends, eager to talk. I […]
A Brief Tour of the Holy Land – Page Four By Roman Skaskiw August 10: Weather: 73.9 degrees F. 59% Humidity. Wind 4 m.p.h. northwest. The bus ride to Ramallah made a very distinct crossing between Israel and the West Bank. On the Palestinian side of the wall, I saw largely anti-American and anti-Israeli graffiti, […]
By Rick Steves For many Americans, the critical question in this election season is, “How can we make America safer in the world?” Call me a girly man, but I think — given the fact that Americans are outnumbered 20 to 1 on this planet — we’d be safer by better understanding our world. A […]
Author Edna Doll encounters some picturesque characters with interesting stories in Picadilly Head, Newfoundland.
CNN effect keeps people from traveling to places that are actually safer than their own home towns. We encourage you to avoid these fears and travel fearlessly.
By Mishelle Shepard Have you taken a look at some of the travel book titles lining the shelves? “Travel and the Art of Zen,” “The Art of Pilgrimage,” “Women’s Best Spiritual Travel Writing.” A whopping 46 pages of titles when I last checked Amazon.com. Sure, it’s hard to tell a mass marketing scheme from a […]
A trip between Guiyang and Kunming, China. Experience food such as sticky rice, scenic beauty, Hongguo, and livestock animals.
Lauryn Axelrod reviews books about living on islands including works by Paul Theroux, Michael Ondaatje, Caryl Phillips, and Pico Iyer.