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
7.21.08
Video: How To Speak American
BBC correspondent Stephen Robb gives it a noble effort, which leaves him looking “something like Jack Nicholson’s The Joker with a lobotomised, vacant look in the eyes.”
He could probably use some help from Amy Walker, too:
I don’t care where Amy Walker was born. I’m in love.
By on 7.21.08 at 02:57 PM
Wow, seriously? I don’t think that would be as effective as being exposed to the language constantly. All you really need is to have some American friends to talk to on the phone and online. I doubt that anyone would be able to learn much from a broken record like that.
