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How Mark Twain Taught Me To Tramp Abroad

Mark Twain's wit, humor and knack for misadventure are so hilarious, his words remain fresh to this day. [...]

Book Review: The Geography Of Bliss

First things first. I didn’t actually read The Geography of Bliss. I wanted to, and I wanted to like it; I really did. The simplicity and crisp  [...]

Book Review: Smiling At The World

Joyce Major has accomplished one of the things I’ve been dreaming about my whole life (well, two if you count the whole writing a book thing).  [...]

The 50 Greatest Travel Books Of All Time

With a book in hand, travel becomes a two-fold adventure. Not only are you personally experiencing a new culture - you are simultaneously seeing it th [...]

Book Review: Smile When You’re Lying - Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer

Note: Read to the end for your chance at a fabulous prize! Maybe it’s because I’m female. Or maybe it’s because I’m a prude, o [...]

Book Review: Three Cups of Tea

The return home rarely transports the traveler back to the place where his journey first began. To travel full-circle would entail the total absence  [...]

Book Review: Wanderlust and Lipstick

Traveling solo is a dream for many, yet for women the idea is often quashed by friends and family who hope to keep them out of what they perceive as h [...]

Book Review: Buddha Or Bust

The Buddha once said, “All living things, whether they know it or not, are following this Path.” The enlightened prince 500-some years b [...]

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