Inventory of Books and Beds 2017
El Ateneo Bookstore in Buenos Aires I started an annual inventory of books and bed a couple years ago to keep track of where I’ve been and what I’ve been reading. Now this [...]
Our Gift Guide Part II: Books and Gems, Not Just for Travelers
I May I Might I Must If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can get across it if I try. -Marianne Moore [...]
Our Best Overall Travel Tips: Your Checklist for Happy Travels
Our travel tips today are different from our tips three years ago. Products change, we change, and our style of travel is constantly evolving as we vary between adventure travel, house-sitting, road trips, tours, or [...]
2016 Books and Beds
Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha In this second annual round-up of the books I’ve read and the beds I’ve slept in, I gotta admit I’m cutting corners on the reading list. Every year, I [...]
Three Expert Tips for Sustainable Travel
Lani and Paul with docent Ara Merjian visiting New York's Museum of Modern Art. Paul Bennett, like other subjects of Travel Past 50 interviews, has decades of travel experience and plenty of travel [...]
The Four Best Travel Shoes for Women
After six years, I've settled on the four types of shoes that suit me best on the road. My relationship with shoes was defined early on. My mother regularly reminded my sister and me not to skimp on shoes; cheap shoes would hurt and not last, she warned us.
Under the Weather and On the Road: 13 Ways to Feel Better
Silkworms in Bangkok Four years ago, at about this time of year, I was suffering from a cold or flu, and wrote this post. Judging from the photos, I was in Bangkok. I [...]
With and Without Travel Insurance
Mr. Y-San at the hospital where I was stitched up. No travel insurance, but I was only out about $80. I’m pretty glad I wasn’t hit by a bus in January. I couldn't [...]
Books That Traveled With Me in 2015
Books traveled with me I look back at the books I’ve read in 2015 as a sort of musical accompaniment to our travels, a backdrop to the scenes in front of me. It's [...]
14 Travel Books for your 2014 Pleasure
One shot from Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Face of Asia. All of these books, save one, were published a long time ago. In fact, a few of them were published before I was born. [...]