The Appalachian Trail has been mentioned in the news quite a bit in the past week or so, thanks to a certain governor who managed to hike it all the way to Argentina. While "Hiking the AT" may yet become a sexual euphemism due to this recent scandal, for years the trail has ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Classic Treks: The Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian Trail has been mentioned in the news quite a bit in the past week or so, thanks to a certain governor who managed to hike it all the way to Argentina. While "Hiking the AT" may yet become a sexual euphemism due to this recent scandal, for years the trail has ...Traveler's Bookshelf: A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean
When I see a book written by someone associated with a graduate writing program, I generally avoid it. There's something about that culture that encourages carefully crafted, elegant prose that never manages to say anything. Gary Buslik, who teaches literature and creative ...Traveler's Bookshelf: Hidden Treasures of England
I've been to 25 countries and I've never seen any place with so many overlooked treasures as England. Maybe that's why I keep making excuses to work here. A wonderful new book by Michael McNay, Hidden Treasures of England, reveals some of England's lesser-known artistic and ...Museum Junkie: Royal Ontario Museum hosts Dead Sea Scrolls
Visitors to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto this summer will have a chance to see the famous Dead Sea Scrolls.
"Dead Sea Scrolls: Words that Changed the World" will showcase some scrolls that have never before been seen by the general public as well as numerous ...Monetize your travel blog and never return home
Chances are, if you're reading Gadling.com right now then you've probably once thought about abandoning your current office job, hitting the road and never returning home. Maybe you've even set up your own personal travel blog that has earned a few hits and gotten rave ...The Delaying the Real World Fellowship
Had we at Gadling known about this earlier, we certainly would have brought it to your attention, but travel savvy twenty-somethings still have two days to apply for the Delaying the Real World Fellowship! The deadline is May 30, 2009. All you have to do is describe what ...Little House on the Prairie travel in Missouri and Kansas
A few years ago, a friend of mine embarked on a trip to Kansas City on the now defunct Skybus for an anticipated mini-road trip vacation that included stops at two of Laura Ingalls Wilder's houses.
These weren't the only places on my friend's family's itinerary but they are ...Travel Bookshelf: free guidebook to "Angels and Demons" Rome
Small press guidebook publisher Roaring Forties Press has released a free guidebook in downloadable PDF format titled Rome's Angels and Demons: The Insider's Guide to the Locations Featured in the Book and Movie. Author Angela K. Nickerson covers all the sites mentioned in ...Travel Bookshelf: Cheeky Guides
Let's face it--most guidebooks are boring. Sure, they're informative, but they either read like a postgraduate thesis (Blue Guides) or are filled with snotty, uninformed opinions (take your pick)
The Cheeky Guides come as a breath of fresh air, or rather a gust of ...Gadling TAKE FIVE: April 25-- May 1
During a week of swine flu travel news, and May Day, there have been other tidbits of interest. Here at Gadling, Catherine Bodry is back to blog some more. In her first post after her year hiatus she shares her #1 item she won't leave home without when she travels.
Along ...Gadling readers compile U.S. road trip must-sees
Gadling would first like to congratulate Karin V, Arti K, and Benderillo, who are the lucky winners of our Road Trip USA giveaway! A copy of Road Trip USA, Route 66, and the Pacific Coast Highway are heading to your doorsteps as I type this. Here are our winners' road trip ...Mexico and being "Mexican Enough"
As the scare over the swine flu escalates and the border regions grow increasingly violent, it's about time we put some perspective on what exactly is going on in Mexico. Just two months ago, I contemplated whether or not Mexico was a dangerous travel destination, and the ...Travel Read: Step Back from the Baggage Claim and book giveaway
To win a signed copy of Step Back from the Baggage Claim, follow the directions at the end of the post.
For Jason Barger, an airport is not only a place where people depart and arrive on airplanes in their quests to get from one location to another. Airports are a metaphor ...Talking Travel with GuideGecko.com
A few weeks ago, the world wide web saw the launch of a most useful travel resource called GuideGecko.com. Guide Gecko hopes to serve the dual purpose as an online bookstore and independent travel writing recruiter. The site's mastermind, Daniel Quadt, spent the past year ...Travel guidebooks: Choosing the one that's just right
My Cuba travel companions and I accomplished the ultimate travel guidebook experiment during the first week of our travels. We each decided to bring a different Cuba guide with us to test which guidebook reigned supreme (kind of like the Iron Chef: Cuba). I was never a good ...Talking Travel with Road Trip USA writer Jamie Jensen
Avalon travel writer Jamie Jensen, whose travel guidebook, Road Trip USA, hit book stands earlier this month, took time from his busy book tour to answer a few questions about travel, writing, and road tripping across the country. Don't forget to enter the Gadling Giveaway ...Talking Travel (and Cuba) with award-winning travel journalist Christopher P. Baker
Christopher Baker is the 2008 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year and has visited Cuba more than 30 times. He's personally met with Fidel Castro, as well as leading members of the Cuban government and is personally acquainted with key figures within Cuba as well as ...Gadling Giveaway: Road Trip USA
Gadling is teaming up with Avalon Travel to bring you a great giveaway! A few days ago, I reviewed Road Trip USA, Avalon's latest guidebook written by road trip extraordinaire Jamie Jensen, who also was gracious enough to answer a few questions and Talk Travel ...Travel Read: Road Trip USA
Avalon Travel writer Jamie Jensen traversed the nation several times, testing various two-lane highways in the process, to bring road trippers the best (really, it's the BEST) road trip guidebook for the U.S. to date. Road Trip USA, released this month, features eleven ...Travel Read: 'First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria'
First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria is a new book (available starting today) by Eve Brown-Waite, an East Coast girl who did what many of us said we would and never did: she joined the Peace Corps after college -- just the beginning of an extraordinary and adventurous life. ...
