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Searching for Hunter S. Thompson in Texas, Bolivia
by Brian Kevin | 06.04.14 | 3:39 PM ET
In an excerpt from his new book, "The Footloose American," author Brian Kevin follows Hunter S. Thompson's trail in Bolivia
Traveling the Hunter S. Thompson Trail in South America
by Eva Holland | 06.04.14 | 3:22 PM ET
Long before "Fear and Loathing," Hunter S. Thompson roamed South America. Eva Holland interviews author Brian Kevin about following in his footsteps decades later.
Drawing Connections in Mostar
by Candace Rose Rardon | 05.30.14 | 9:12 AM ET
Candace Rose Rardon began sketching in Bosnia to better remember the place. But something else happened along the way.
Discovering Peter Matthiessen—and Myself
by Lynne Friedmann | 05.02.14 | 12:08 PM ET
Lynne Friedmann never thought she could make a life as a science writer. Then she read "Blue Meridian."
Interview with Arno Kopecky: Sailing the Northern Gateway
by Eva Holland | 04.08.14 | 10:58 AM ET
Arno Kopecky spent months sailing along a proposed oil tanker route off British Columbia. Eva Holland talks to him about the new travel book that resulted from the voyage.
Gone Reading
by Tom Swick | 03.18.14 | 12:04 PM ET
Tom Swick on the unsung union of the traveler and the book
A Bridge Not Too Far
by Peter Ferry | 03.01.14 | 1:25 PM ET
On a sunny summer day, novelist Peter Ferry bikes to a Dutch bridge where hundreds of soldiers perished
Hands Like Shovels
by Jessica Colley | 12.31.13 | 10:21 PM ET
Jessica Colley had attended family funerals back in the States, but none had prepared her for her first Irish burial
Clear-Eyed in Calcutta
by Andrew McCarthy | 12.19.13 | 3:02 PM ET
Andrew McCarthy closed his eyes the moment before the blade hit the goat's neck. Afterward, he knew just what he had to do.
Uruguay is a Land of Contrasts
by Brian Kevin | 10.29.13 | 10:49 AM ET
As Brian Kevin observes, visitors can expect to see flashy import sedans right alongside donkey-drawn rickshaws. !Muy contrastado!
In the Abode of the Gods
by Jeffrey Tayler | 07.10.13 | 11:22 AM ET
Jeffrey Tayler treks a Buddhist pilgrimage route through China's remotest, high-altitude domains
Interview with Brendan I. Koerner: Love and Terror in ‘The Skies Belong to Us’
by Eva Holland | 07.02.13 | 10:40 AM ET
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, hijackings in American skies were routine. Eva Holland talks to the author of a new book about one young couple's wild long-distance heist.
A Sort of Happy Ending
by David Farley | 06.08.13 | 1:34 PM ET
David Farley was 15 when his older brother took him to a strip club in Mexico to make him a man
The End of Wend
by Brian Kevin | 02.26.13 | 2:38 PM ET
The travel mag was like Chicken Soup for the Gnarly Eco-Nomad's Soul. Brian Kevin ponders what its demise says about travelers and travel publishing.
Crawling Toward Bangalore
by Clay Shivers | 01.22.13 | 11:10 AM ET
Clay Shivers boarded the Indian train determined to live out his travel fantasies