Tag: Wanderlust
How Habitual Travel Sharpens the Intellect
by Michael Yessis | 10.07.09 | 1:12 PM ET
Travel can lead to disorientation, which can improve learning. Benedict Carey explains.
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Yahoo! BuzzFound: A New ‘Wanderlust Gene’
by Michael Yessis | 08.07.09 | 9:03 AM ET
Scientists at the University of British Columbia identified it in the stickleback fish, which, of course, is now my all-time favorite fish. Wondering about a wanderlust gene in humans? Scientists may already have discovered that, too.
Scent and Travel, Continued
by Michael Yessis | 07.22.09 | 10:41 AM ET
Here’s another fine addition to the ongoing conversation about the power of scent in travel: Jenna Schnuer’s The Great Scent Escape. “So, perhaps, scent is a secret key back to places we love,” she writes.
Seven Images to Inspire Wanderlust: From Nicaragua to New Delhi
by World Hum | 06.05.09 | 9:26 AM ET
REUTERS Indulge your armchair traveler with seven wanderlust-inspiring travel photos from around the world
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Why We Travel
by Pico Iyer | 04.27.09 | 11:47 AM ET
iStockPhoto In a classic essay, Pico Iyer explores the reasons we leave our beliefs and certainties at home to see the world with open eyes
Inside World Hum 3.0
by World Hum | 12.11.08 | 4:39 PM ET
World Hum cofounders Jim Benning and Michael Yessis, and editor Valerie Conners, discuss the site's new look.
World Hum’s Most Read: Nov. 29-Dec. 5
by World Hum | 12.05.08 | 3:43 PM ET
Our five most popular dispatches for the week:
1) Six Degrees of Vietnam
2) How Low Can You Go?
3) The Art of Writing a Story About Walking Across Andorra
4) Lesson at the Laverie
5) Another Tet Offensive
China: Not a ‘Pseudo-Place’
by Eva Holland | 11.13.08 | 12:00 PM ET
When The Smart Set’s Paula Marantz Cohen headed off on a two-week organized tour of China, she expected to experience one of the tourism industry’s manufactured “pseudo-places,” as Paul Fussell calls them. That is, “tourist commonwealths, whose function is simply to entice tourists and sell them things.” But as she explains in this thoughtful essay, she was mistaken.
Feasting in Lyon
by Jeffrey Tayler | 09.30.08 | 9:08 AM ET
Jeffrey Tayler feared he would never feel as intoxicated with the sense of discovery as he once did. But something clicked when he set foot in France's third-largest city.
World Hum Travel Movie Club: ‘Into The Wild’
by Eli Ellison, Eva Holland | 03.04.08 | 11:44 AM ET
By now, you know the story. In 1990, a 22-year-old college grad named Christopher McCandless renounced his privileged upbringing, adopted the nom de drifter Alexander Supertramp, and turned to a new life of vagabonding. Two years later, Alaskan moose hunters found his corpse in an abandoned Fairbanks city bus outside Denali National Park. Jon Krakauer pieced together Chris’s odyssey and wrote the bestseller Into the Wild. Sean Penn‘s movie version of the book, which hit theaters last fall, arrives today on DVD. Eva Holland and Eli Ellison gave the disc a spin, exchanged e-mails and debated Hollywood’s adaptation of Into the Wild in the debut of the World Hum Travel Movie Club.
1,000 Places to Not go Before You Die
by Frank Bures | 10.17.07 | 8:21 AM ET
"Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Greatest Trips" and "Make the Most of your Time on Earth: 1000 Ultimate Travel Experiences" are gorgeous, transformational and, ultimately, full of empty promises. Frank Bures explains why travel list books often end up coated in dust.
‘The Condé Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys’
by Tyler D. Johnson | 10.05.07 | 10:23 AM ET
A new anthology gathers some of the most memorable stories from the magazine's 20-year history. Tyler D. Johnson says it contains the humor and wisdom only travel can deliver.
The Enduring Appeal of ‘The Endless Summer’
by Jim Benning | 12.11.06 | 1:52 PM ET
The classic surf film celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Its popularity lives on, Jim Benning writes, because it's one of the greatest wanderlust-inducing documentaries ever made -- and a potent antidote to winter.
Fueling Desire
by Jerry V. Haines | 10.02.06 | 7:18 AM ET
For some, a whiff of coffee or a salty ocean breeze can conjure memories of a place and inspire wanderlust. For Jerry V. Haines, it's something else: the sweet smell of jet fuel.
Eulogy for a Traveler
by Bob Payne | 03.15.06 | 10:23 AM ET
Bob Payne remembers his father, a man who inspired an entire family to take to the road
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