Using Offline Maps for Travel
Using cellular data when traveling is costly. Squandering it to find your way around an unfamiliar city eats up your data…
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STEP Program: Travel in the Age of Terror
A couple of months before I took a trip to Europe bombs exploded in Brussels, including two at the airport.…
Amsterdam Bicycle Tour for Independent Travelers
Independent travelers avoid organized tours because we hate other people. Okay, I’m mostly joking
Driving in Baja California: Margaritas and Ninja Cows
Before I went driving in Baja California, I checked with an expert in negotiating Mexican roads.
Observing a Writer at Work: BYOB
Last week as Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, celebrated by parents in the USA who believe their…
Driving in Morocco: a Search for Solitude and Connection
A funny thing happened on the way to Chefchaouen. We went driving in Morocco for three months. From Tangier to…
World Heritage Day: Celebrate the Sites
Did you know that April 18 is World Heritage Day? Well, I didn’t either until recently; a shame because I’ve been…
Airsick and Stuck in the Middle Seat
Moments before boarding the plane for the last leg heading home, I felt that queasy belly badness that lets you…
Packing for Travel: Know Thyself
Packing for travel has one certainty, one hard and fast rule: there is no certainty and no hard and fast…
Why Travel to Cuba? ¿Por que no?
Maybe George Mallory had it right. “Because it’s there,” he is famously reported to have answered. The question being, of…