When she arrived in Kenya to volunteer with the Maasai, Daniela Petrova looked down her nose at tourists there to have a good time. But was her own motivation much different?
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
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.
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
Sure, having an overseas romance is fun. But Terry Ward points out seven other benefits to cross-border love, mon petit chou.
TRAVEL BLOG
2.18.05
Dancing Machine*
The video of Matt Harding dancing “very badly” in various locations around the world has become an Internet phenomenon. Once you see it, it’s easy to understand why. As Rolf Potts writes in his blog, “[I]t very effectively communicates the joy one gets from world travel.” It’s also just plain ol’ goofy fun. “The timing of all this is serendipitous,” Harding writes on his Web site. “I have no job with which to fill my days. I’ve got bits and pieces of things, but for the most part I’m clear to milk this for all its worth.” Note: The video runs less than three minutes, but it takes some time to download.
* Update: Here’s the embedded YouTube version:
