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The Paris Greeters: Helping Dispell Notions of ‘Inhospitable Locals’

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Vagrant Ruminations of a Compulsive Traveler

Where does the urge to hunt for that “fleeting fix of elsewhere” come from? Peter Wortsman recalls a life of travel inspiration. 

Rolf Potts: Revelations from a Postmodern Travel Writer

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.

Notes From an Unofficial Tourist Greeter

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.

10 Great Travel Race Movies

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.

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.

How Should I Spend My Time in Spain?

Vagabonding traveler Rolf Potts answers your questions about travel

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”

Want a Stress-Free Vacation? ‘Don’t go to the USA.’

"Rubber-gloved rectal rummage” takes alliteration to new heights, I think. That’s a phrase that will stick with me next time I pass through passport control.

With the Pound at Multi-Year highs against the Dollar.  You are hard pressed to find a more affordable Vacation than the USA.
Rubber-gloved rectal rummage aside.

Can’t afford a UK vacation for the same reason plus you have to worry about home grown terrorist as evidenced by the bombings and attempted bombings in London and Glasgow.......

And he didn’t even mention the fingerprinting and photographing that all visitors are put through.

He has a point.

I’ve travelled overseas many times over the last few years.  When you are at an airport or on an airplane you are participating in a process that is grueling to travellers and employees.  I try to adopt the most stoic, yet pleasant, attitude and I never judge the location by the people I meet at the airport, especially the customs and immigration people that I encounter.

Having been fortunate to travel quite a bit overseas I’ve always remembered that when overseas “you are the foreigner” - be polite, calm and learn the customs of the country/area your visiting!

I was thinking of traveling to the US soon and being from Europe makes me think it’s not such a good idea. I’m a brunette with darker skin. This will surely attract the airport’s attention and I don’t wanna risk a full physical.