Posts Tagged ‘Books’

I’m a lover of travel narratives, which is why my first impression of this book, come three or four chapters deep, wasn’t yet rave-ish. David didn’t write a travel narrative taking place in the hypermetropolis of Mexico City/Federal District (D.F.); he did something better than that.
Working off twenty years of experience as an expat in Mexico’s [...]

I’m at my Grandpa’s 90th birthday today. It’s a good day. Now let’s learn about what’s new in the travel and blog worlds.
Learning to Love the Digital Haters
I don’t think I’m evolved enough to truly love those that go after my passionate pursuits, but Tim Ferriss makes some solid points on reactions, time efficiency, and [...]

Today’s post came out a bit late, but that is due to the high quality of work I found this week. I also have lots to share…
How’s The List Coming?
Do you have a bucket or life list running? Are most of your goals doable, or are they unattainable? Don’t you wish you had that gratifying [...]

One year after making my site official with its own domain name, my readership has grown to heights I hadn’t anticipated. I’m thrilled to see people from many nations and states commenting on my work and inquiring about all things travel.
Without these additions to the dialogue, this site would consist of me shouting out to [...]

I don’t normally buy these sort of books, and thanks to a friendly backpacker in Fiji, I didn’t have to.
Why don’t I buy comprehensive anthologies of my favorite genre? Because it’s not enough.
Five pages about a person’s trip in Mexico just gets me in the mood; it doesn’t take me there. Maybe I’ve read too [...]

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What’s better than good reading material on our favorite topic: Travel!
Mental Mileage
New contributor of Vagablogging, Colleen Wilde, brought a beautiful quote to the surface this week with her post of the same title:
Measure Travel Inwards
-Henry David Thoreau
I thought this was lovely, and it got me thinking about my diverse reactions to culture shock and the [...]

Jon Krakauer is the reason I traveled to India in 2008 to see the Himalayan mountains. Into Thin Air was a personal account of a terrible occurrence on Mount Everest that for some reason led me to adore and venerate the world’s ability to form this mountain range.
So before I even picked up its predecessor, [...]

I chat regularly with guys and gals around the world pursuing the same interests as my own, and what klobbers us all with confusion are questions like:
-I love to travel. I need to make an income. Should I then be a travel writer?
-In what ways does my writing need help before it’s ready to be [...]

A week at sea leaves Lindsay’s RSS reader mighty, mighty full. Blame the straight day of transit yesterday for this late posting.
Don’t forget about the Middle East!
Gary Arndt and AmateurTraveler.com presented a podcast this week about traveling to the gulf states that gives us an ear into a conversation on countries often left off the [...]

I welcome you to a new monthly series on Nomadderwhere, one which highlights the incredible trips one could take in that current month – thanks to a vibrant book called Journeys of a Lifetime by National Geographic. Every month I will pick out a couple adventures from each section in the book in order to [...]

This week’s RSS feeds and reading sessions resulted in some good finds. Here are the articles and book excerpts I’ve found relevant, as well as an update on Nomadderwhere.
This must be why my hometown of Wabash, Indiana has been calling to me these past few months. For years, I felt odd when visiting the town [...]