Rory Stewart: Member of Parliament?

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 05.03.10 | 11:36 AM ET

The author of “The Places in Between” is running for office in the U.K. No surprise how he’s campaigning. The man who walked from Iran to Nepal has, according to Slate, walked “300 miles over sheep-dotted hills” to familiarize himself with his potential constituency.