First Step to a Great Airplane View: Get a Window Seat

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Dead Sea Scrolls Go Digital

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The Ethics of Nicholas Kristof’s Travels

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The Art of Noticing: ‘People Don’t Notice That Noticing is Important!’

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How Should I Spend My Time in Spain?

Vagabonding traveler Rolf Potts answers your questions about travel

Paul Theroux: Invisible Man on a Ghost Train

Jim Benning asks the author of “Ghost Train to the Eastern Star” about his new book, aging and the challenge of disappearing in the age of the BlackBerry

Eat Ceviche in Lima

Grab a Cusqueña and get comfortable. As Nicholas Gill explains, a trip to a Peruvian cevichería can be an all-day immersion in good conversation and raw seafood.

Unsentimental Journeys: Wrestling With Paul Theroux

Bronwen Dickey considers “Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: 28,000 Miles in Search of the Great Railway Bazaar”

My Travels, My Feet

After taking one too many headless torso shots of herself, solo traveler Sophia Dembling started snapping photos of her feet around the world, from the Grand Canyon to Red Square

Seven Reasons to Have a Foreign Fling

Sure, having an overseas romance is fun. But Terry Ward points out seven other benefits to cross-border love, mon petit chou.

9.20.06

Killing Yourself to Make a Living

Jeffrey Tayler, who has undertaken harrowing expeditions in remote Africa and Siberia for books like “Facing the Congo” and “River of No Reprieve,” explains how to turn “thrilling inklings” into epic journeys—and, hopefully, live to tell the tale.

8.17.06

Uncommon Ground

After covering rarely reported stories in harrowing corners of the world, Sarah Stuteville thought little could scare her. Then, in a small Pashtun village in Pakistan, she found people who seemed familiar for all the wrong reasons, and had to face a fear she didn’t know she had.

7.23.06

Reading Rushdie in India

He carried a Rough Guide on the subcontinent, but James Mutti also devoured “Midnight’s Children,” Premchand’s “Godaan” and other classic works of Indian literature. Those readings, he later realized, influenced his experience of India.

6.23.06

Time Traveler

As a teenager traveling in Europe 35 year ago, Charlie Clark kept a diary. Now in his 50s and preparing for another trip abroad, he cracked open its pages, wondering whether that fumbling kid could teach him a thing or two.

4.6.06

“The Amazing Race”: A Good Travel Show?

Michael Yessis catches almost every episode of “The Amazing Race.” Jim Benning would rather clean out his e-mail folder than watch Americans romp around the world. This week, they both tuned in and debated the show’s merits via instant messenger.

3.15.06

Eulogy for a Traveler

Bob Payne remembers his father, a man who inspired an entire family to take to the road

2.14.06

Truth in Oxiana

James Frey’s “A Million Little Pieces” sparked a national debate about the rules of nonfiction. Here, Tom Bissell explores the notion of truth in travel literature, from Robert Byron’s “The Road to Oxiana” to his own book, “Chasing the Sea.”

11.15.05

Why I am Still Going to Bali

Bombers have killed hundreds and decimated the island’s tourist-based economy. But Liz Sinclair refuses to cower.

7.25.05

Surely You Can’t Be Serious!

"Airplane!” celebrates its 25th anniversary this summer. Michael Yessis looks back at a comedy classic—and one of the greatest travel movies ever made.

6.29.05

Burma’s Ongoing Cycle of Despair

Burma was once known as the “Golden Land” by Western adventurers. Not any longer. Under a tyrannical regime, 1,400 prisoners of conscience languish in prison, including the country’s spiritual and de facto political leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. To commemorate her 60th birthday, Jeff Greenwald has a gift idea.

1.30.05

Tsunamis Bring Out the Best in Travelers

In much of Asia, Western tourists are best known for frittering away time on beaches and haggling over the price of $4 hotel rooms. But when the tsunamis struck, Jim Benning writes, many visitors proved worthy guests.

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