Rolf Potts on Long-Term Travel: An Interview
Rolf Potts, often called the "Jack Kerouac of the Internet Age" and author of the inspiring immediate classic Vagabonding, tells Clay Hubbs what motivates his travel writing and ponders the self-imposed limitations which prevent many from independent travel abroad. Rolf also authors several web sites which set new standards in travel writing interactivity; from the companion site to Vagabonding, www.vagabonding.net, to his own resource-intensive and community-based travel writing sites, www.rolfpotts.com, and www.vagablogging.net. |
Solo Travel: Choosing Where to Go
Rob Sangster describes places to travel solo which will make your heart beat faster with a sense of adventure. |
Travel Tips for Solo Travelers: Good Reasons to Travel Alone
Volker Poelzl provides practical tips for those who choose to travel solo abroad while discussing the issues which solo travelers often confront. |
Why Travel Alone? Lessons Learned from 40 Years of Solo Travel
Russell B. Sunshine describes the advantages of solo travel. |
How to Find Paradise
Rob Sangster imparts three pearls of wisdom using the tropical paradise of Bangkok, Thailand, as an example. |
Get Off the Beaten Path
Jeff Goldman offers one of a series of tips for independent travelers based upon his extensive travel experience covering almost every corner of the earth. |
Latin America Travel Planner 2008 
Ron Mader hosts www.planeta.com and has long contributed his work to Transitions Abroad as editor of both Latin American and global Ecotourism and Responsible Travel and offers tips and web resources for some of the best Latin America has to offer. |
The Perfect Balance: Between Independent Travel and a Package Tour
Joanne Morgan discovers the perfect balance at the Centre Estival des Arts de Montaigut-le-Blanc in the Auvergne region of France. |
Insurance Tips for Independent Travelers
Volker Poelzl provides a practical guide for selecting travel insurance of all kinds; health, flight, and property. |
Taking Your Laptop Overseas
Volker Poelzl provides inside tips and essential resources for using your laptop computer during your travel overseas. |
Seven Wonders: Lots to Wonder About
Rob Sangster reflects on the recent designations of the Seven Wonders of the World and suggests that we at first understand what they represented in times past, while realizing the many wonders which are less well-known or those which are important to our independent hearts and souls. |
Work, Study, Travel: The Combination Allows You to Live Abroad as a Local
Jen Swanson's own story provides inside tips, inspiration and resources on how to extend your travel abroad. |
My Vision of Travel Photojournalism
Italian correspondent Fabrizio Fiorenzano expresses in words and images a perspective developed from his award-winning work from around the globe. |
Journey Botswana
Transitions Abroad's Independent Travel columnist Rob Sangster, describes his safari (Swahili for "journey") experience in Botswana and discovers a new emphasis on ecology. |
Inca Trails: Journey Through the Bolivian and Peruvian Andes
Martin Li takes us on a fascinating cultural and historical journey retracing the ancient Inca Trails through the Bolivian and Peruvian Andes. |
In the Land of the Gods: Exploring India's Buddhist Heritage
Volker Poelzl travels through the beautiful Spiti valley of Northern India, where he discovers a rich yet isolated culture steeped in Buddhism. |
Trekking the Himalayas
Larry Morgan provides inside tips on trekking in the Himalayas and supplements his report with excellent resources and some breathtaking photos from his own journey in Nepal. |
Air Travel in South America
Volker Poelzl provides advice, inside tips, and essential resources for planning air travel in South America. |
Overland Travel in South America
Volker Poelzl provides inside tips and essential resources for planning independent overland travel in South America via bus, train, car, and even hitchhiking. |
Overland Travel in Europe
Volker Poelzl describes the options for overland travel in Europe - where the many great independent travel choices include trains, buses, and cars. |
Travel From Mexico to Guatemala
Molly McHugh recounts her journey from Mexico to Guatemala, and discovers that travel in Guatemala is not nearly as dangerous as many foreigners think. |
Boat Travel in South America
Volker Poelzl provides inside tips for planning independent passenger boat travel in South America. |
Safey Tips for Independent Travel in South America
Volker Poelzl offers essential safety tips for those traveling to South America. |
Favorite Train Trips Around the World
Rob Sangster takes us on his favorite train trips worldwide, and provides a plethora of web links to demonstrate how you can do the same. |
Go Inside Buenos Aires
Daniel Gabriel offer inside tips on how and where to meet the locals in a fascinating yet affordable city perfect for independent and budget travel — a "New World Europe. |
Travel to China's Tropical Treasure
Adam Worcester describes travel to the city of Sanya, at the southern tip of China’s southernmost province, also known as the “Asian Hawaii.” Sanya offers an independent travel experience different from the Thailand-Bali-Fiji tourist circuit. |
Travel to Dalat: Gem of Vietnam's Highlands
John Lander conveys in words and pictures his impressions of what is often called the "Petit Paris." |
The Other Middle East: Perception Is Not Reality in Oman
Alison Gardner finds that Oman does not conform to the stereotypical views of a Middle-Eastern country, and was overwhelmed by the hospitality and the culture. |
Bolivia’s Cordillera Apolobamba: An Inca Trail Less Traveled
Martin Li describes his explorations on an Incan trail. |
Independent Travel in Bolivia: Bumping Along the Jesuit Missions Circuit
Amy Stix Miller describes a bus ride along the Jesuit Missions Circuit in Bolivia, so very rich in religious art. |
A Day in Montenegro
Rob Sangster immerses himself in the life and politics of an ancient land which is working to become a cultural travel destination. |
Latin American Trip Planner: Never a Better Time to Visit
Ron Mader hosts www.planeta.com and has long contributed his work to our travel magazine as editor of both Latin American and global Ecotourism and Socially Responsible Travel . Ron here offers a practical selection of tips and web resources for some of the best Latin America has to offer for the responsible traveler. |
Letter from Ethiopia: Visitors to Africa’s “Best-Kept Secret” Receive Rich Rewards
Clay Hubbs reports from the land of Ethiopia where the tourists are few yet the land and people are transcendently beautiful. |
Paris Stays: Ways to Stretch Them to the Maximum
Mark J. Schechinger, provides tips on visiting Paris for as long as possible to soak up that remarkable city and "laissez le bons temps rouler".. |
Travel in Asia: An Overview for First-Timers
Amelie de Mahy provides the inside tips for Independent Travelers.
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Come to Central Asia
Roger Norum on the largely undiscovered and tourist-free wonders of Central Asia where he was immersed in fascinating cultural traditions from Tajikistan to Kazakhstan to Urzbekistan. |
Walking with Gorillas: Tracking Mountain Gorillas in Southwest Uganda
Thor Hanson reports his experience tracking mountain gorillas in southwest Uganda. |
Beauty and Hospitality in the Ancient Land of Turkey
Alex Elgar describes the magical charms of Southeastern Turkey along the Tigris - a land imbued with many strata of cultures and history. |
Malta Off-Season: Take a Trip through History
Barbara Bode was so entranced by the multi-layered history and the charms of the island of Malta, she moved there. She has painted for us a fascinating tease in vivid colors. |
The Europe of Yesteryear: Travelers to Archaic Albania Find Modern Pleasures
Johanna Rodriguez reports that a trip through Albania is like a trip through another age - a land frozen in time. |
Horseback Trekking in Iceland: Experiencing Europe's Westernmost Country Viking Style
Hope Cristo travels to Iceland and describes the poetry of living where the myth of the ancient Vikings permeates the land. |
African Healers: Adventurous Travelers Watch Traditional Doctors at Work
James Hall reports on his remarkable travel adventure amongst the traditional doctors and warriors in Swaziland. |
The English Bed and Breakfast
Martee Fansher writes that after a stay at English B&B's, you will feel you’re saying goodbye to friends. |
Small-Town Bolivia
Sarah Bush on exploring Macchu Picchu without feeling like a tourist while experiencing time slowed down to echo the rich cultural history. |
Travel for Peace
Char Simons reports that the only difficult part of her memorable trip through the unpublicized hospitality which was her experience of the Middle East was the reaction of her friends and family before she embarked. |
Why Now is the Best Time to Visit Muslim Countries
Rob Sangster on walking the footsteps of Gods and Prophets across the Middle East, and how to stare your own baseless and realistic fears in the face as a true traveler. |
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