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Authenticity, the wisdom of place, and how to act off the beaten path (Vagabond’s Way online book club)
Seek places where your very presence makes you interesting (book club remix)
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)
What museums reveal about places (and what they have to offer travelers)
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A look at how museums work (live from a presidential museum and a Barbie doll museum)
Remembering internet cafes, and how they affected the experience of travel
Internet cafes were so central to the lives of long-term travelers 20 years ago that my memories of vagabonding through Asia in the late 1990s and early 2000s are inseparable from occasional stop-offs in these little storefronts full of dial-up-connected computer terminals. At the time, internet cafes felt revolutionary in their ability to connect travelers…
Vagabonding audio companion: How to study abroad (even if you aren’t a student)
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A “Vagabonding Audio Companion” remix of a GFU study-abroad podcast.