a travelogue
Photos, books, links and writing related to travel
Everything tagged travel
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08/30/08
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So You Want to Sail Around the World…
Why, yes, I do. I just need a boat. And a few sailing lessons. And some extra cash. And, well, probably a whole bunch of things I haven’t even thought of yet. But this article makes it sound pretty damn …continue reading »
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08/11/08
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How to Travel by Cargo Ship
Who hasn’t wanted to travel by ship? Some battered leather trunks, lounging in deck chairs on a steamer bound for Africa with a captain talking to tigers from his cafeteria tray. Okay maybe the last bit is confined to Neutral …continue reading »
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05/09/08
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Camera Hacks: Turn Your Point-and-Shoot into a Super-Camera
If you’re using a consumer grade point-and-shoot Canon digital camera you’ve got hardware in hand that can support advanced features like RAW images. Canon Hacker’s Development Kit (CHDK) is a firmware enhancement that supports an impressive array of Canon digital …continue reading »
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05/09/08
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I Love the World
Yeah, it’s a commercial, but it’s a pretty cool commercial. Not sure how the guy shooting a rocket at a building really fits with the “I love the world” theme, but not bad for television.continue reading »
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03/28/08
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Six-Word Travel Memoirs
Condense your entire thoughts on a life of travel into six words… a writer’s nightmare, an editor’s dream. My personal favorite: All my stuff is in storage.continue reading »
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02/12/08
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Ralf Potts on the Banality That is ‘Eat, Pray, Love’
Travel writer Rolf Potts has a excellent and brutal piece skewering Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling travel book, Eat, Pray, Love which a friend of mine described as “the most nauseating, narcissistic, bucket of crap I’ve ever suffered though.” And not that …continue reading »
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02/05/08
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The Return of the Airship
I used to think it was just me, but glancing through the Slashdot thread that led me to this article shows I’m not alone — the people wants us some airships. I’m not quite sure what the appeal is exactly, …continue reading »
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12/14/07
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The 53 Places to Go in 2008
The Times bills this with the line: “From Laos to Lisbon, the travel choices for global nomads have never been more varied.” Yes, Laos is number one, very disappointing, but luckily only 6 percent of Americans actually have passports so …continue reading »
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11/08/07
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BibliOdyssey: Dagbok East India Trading Company
BibliOdyssey has dug up another stellar set of illustrations. And there’s going to be BibliOdyssey book, so the nerdery can live on the coffee table, not just the computer screen. Anyway these great natural history illustrations are from the Swedish …continue reading »
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11/08/07
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Travelling In America, Where Everyone’s A Suspect
Filed “we gotta get out of this place.” Here’s the story of what it’s like to be a foreign traveller visiting the United States. Contrasting this with my own experiences abroad is downright frightening. Nepal, for instance, may have a …continue reading »
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10/18/07
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Ethnic Minority Music of Southern Laos
A must have for me. I was a bit sketched out by the low-budget look of the site at first, but it turns out that the owners are friends of friends, so don’t let it bother you, should you want …continue reading »
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10/17/07
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Bluelounge - Cableyoyo
I’ve tried a few cable coiling systems before and have never really found anything that worked — most just ended up a tangled mess. And nothing irks me more than trying to untangle all the various cords I have to …continue reading »
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10/17/07
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Read Your Own DHS Travel Dossier
In its efforts to combat terrorism, fight human trafficking, and bust drug dealers, the Department of Homeland Security is compiling a large database of where you go, who you travel with, what you read and more. Should you decide you’d …continue reading »
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10/10/07
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Death of an Adventure Traveler
A great little ruminative essay from Rolf Potts (of Vagabonding.net fame) about a burmese refuge, travel writing and a good bit more. I’d never heard of this site before, but it’s actually quite good, I might have to submit something …continue reading »
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09/23/07
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Biking Across Eurasia
A great project and one of those epic adventures everyone dreams about (for similar stuff try digging up torrents for the travel channel’s series about the couple that walked the length of Africa — amazing stuff). And I do love …continue reading »