World Hum’s Most Read: Aug. 30-Sept. 5

What We Loved This Week: Jose Feliciano, Rub’ al Khali and Raw Oysters

Don’t Be Cruel: Traveling ‘Elvis’ Draws Attention, Groans

It’s Not Easy Being Green and Crucified

A Tourist With a Shovel and a Hoe

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?

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.

Grand Canyon Skywalk Opens to First Visitors*

I visited the Skywalk last week with some friends that were visiting Las Vegas.  It is worth the time and money to see the area.  The Skywalk will make it even better.  We got to see the Skywalk project but it was not open yet.  It does NOT take anything away from the Land, nor does it look bad.  They did a VERY good job.  I can not wait to go back and walk on it.  I suggest it to anyone visiting Las Vegas.  You can drive there like we did or you can take a tour bus from Las Vegas and you also get to see the Hoover Dam on the trip.  Very Fun day trip.

"environmentalists have blamed the tribe for transforming the majestic canyon into a tourist trap.”

Funny. Have these people been to the South Rim village lately? I think they should redirect their anger at the National Park Service.