Seattle Times Debuts Weekly Travel Essay
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 06.25.02 | 11:52 PM ET
Each Sunday the Times will feature a 700-word essay, written by readers, focusing on “a travel perception or adventure.” If Hubert Smith’s first
installment is any indication of what’s to come, the column should be a weekly stop. Smith tells of three months he spent in Korea. His hosts were wonderfully generous and helpful, but they interfered with his every attempt to preserve private time and private space.
“They wanted me to bathe with them,” he writes. “They wanted to hold my hand or take my arm when walking together. I wanted to keep the door to my apartment open so that I might catch an occasional life-saving breeze while reading an American novel undisturbed. Strangers used the opportunity to step into my home and examine my rooms.”
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Richard 04.03.08 | 8:23 AM ET
I think the idea is very interesting. Traveling is always accompanied with some adventure and unexpected events. I work as a freelance writer (custom essay help) and spend a lot of time traveling! It is a great idea to share experiences!
Nick Priest 06.30.08 | 9:17 AM ET
Ye, travel is great thing, especially for freelance workers