His new book “Marco Polo Didn’t Go There” includes his best stories from the past 10 years. Michael Yessis asks him how travel writing has changed in the last decade—and what he sees for the future.
Summer is over, and so is Julia Ross‘ season as an ambassador to travelers in Washington, D.C.’s Woodley Park neighborhood. She’s happy to be off duty.
Slow travel is well and good. But there’s something irresistible about a great travel race movie. World Hum Travel Movie Clubbers Eva Holland and Eli Ellison share their favorite vicarious thrill rides.
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.
Ha! I agree. But Mao did want to be omnipresent even after he died. And every description about China has been overused to a point where they all just blend together. Like, “It’s the oldest civilization in the world,” or how the Olympics is “China’s coming out party”. I used to be excited when the news talked about China, but now, it’s boring and even a little hurtful.
