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Author Thomas Swick’s on coming of age overseas in Poland, and becoming a travel writer
Going abroad for love, and travel writing that says something new about a place
Seek places where your very presence makes you interesting (book club redo)
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Authenticity, the wisdom of place, and how to act off the beaten path (Vagabond’s Way online book club, redo of e229)
Travel memoir lab: Truth, luck, & multi-genre storytelling (with Tom Bissell)
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Travel memoir lab: Truth, luck, & multi-genre storytelling (with Tom Bissell)
Seek places where your very presence makes you interesting (book club remix)
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Authenticity, the wisdom of place, and how to act off the beaten path (Vagabond’s Way online book club)
Vagabonding audio companion: A life in (and philosophy of) long-term travel
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Vagabonding audio companion: The story behind Rolf’s travel career and philosophy
A train isn’t just a vehicle; it’s a place (a remix encore, with Monisha Rajesh)
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Around the World in 80 Trains author Monisha Rajesh on the joys of rail travel (encore).
Travelers experience more when they slow down and ask lots of questions
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Tourist zones, scams, slow travel, and the ethics of taking photos (Vagabond’s Way online book club)
“Dare to do Dirt”: Seeking rural places (and how to best experience them)
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“Dare to do Dirt”: Seeking rural places (and how to best experience them)
Vagabonding audio companion: Why (and how) travel souvenirs matter
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Vagabonding audio companion: Why (and how) travel souvenirs matter
The truest “influencers” don’t live in the virtual world
This image, taken a few years ago at the Go Viral festival, a SXSW-style “influencer” gathering in Kazakhstan, evokes an anecdote I share on page 166 of The Vagabond’s Way. I had been invited to Almaty to talk about digital nomadism and travel storytelling to the assembled audience of Central Asian artists and entrepreneurs. Since…
Travel can return you to a kind of childhood (online book club remix)
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Everything feels new at the outset of a journey (online book club remix)