Features

The Politics of Travel

Travel writers on the 2004 U.S. presidential election

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The Headmaster, the Terrorists and Me

The Headmaster, the Terrorists and Me Photo by Julia Ross.

Two years after the Bali bombing, Julia Ross recalls the attack's unlikely impact on her teaching experience in China

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Michael Shapiro: A Sense of Place

Jim Benning asks the travel writer about his new book and his encounters with the world's best travel writers

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Chasing Lance

Watching a recent Tour de France on TV wasn't enough, so Frank Mungeam packed his bike for the main event

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Journey Through the Earth

Out in the Whitsundays, Bill Belleville explores the underside of Australian dreamtime

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Family Traveling

Family Traveling Photo of Maysville courtesy Jackie's Gateway Properties.

A relative warned him: Don't go digging up ghosts. But Jeff Biggers crossed the Ohio River, seeking his ancestors' long-buried history.

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James O’Reilly: A Decade of Travelers’ Tales

Michael Yessis asks the co-founder of the celebrated travel book publisher about 10 years of storytelling

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Moments of Normal

Moments of Normal Photo by Jenni Kolsky.

Jenni Kolsky struggles to make sense of the photographs she took at a peaceful beach in war-torn Israel

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Welcome to Khmer Rouge Land!

John Collins explores the theme park economy centered on Cambodia's Killing Fields

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Lost in Translation

The Phraselator will soon find its way into independent travelers' bags, but Rolf Potts prefers a more sublime kind of communion

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Lonely Planet at 30

Jim Benning celebrates three decades of groundbreaking independent travel guides

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A Million Years of Memory

In the Galapagos, Bill Belleville immerses himself in an environment that's part dream, part cradle of evolution

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Italy’s Dark Heart

In the Umbrian hilltown of Narni, Jeff Biggers stands face to face with 2,000 years of grim history

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Thomas Swick: A Way to See the World

Jim Benning asks the South Florida Sun-Sentinel travel editor about his new book and the role of the travel writer in challenging times

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Test Day

Test Day Photo by Frank Bures.

Frank Bures administers an English exam to his students in Tanzania, where life is hard and giving up isn't an option

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