Travel books

“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” But what was going on in the Americas before that? If you know much at all about that time, much of what you have probably been taught is wrong. That’s the core point of this fascinating book, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, by Charles C. …

We are wrapping up 2010 with our last issue of Perceptive Travel and since we went monthly this year, we’ve got a lot more travel stories and reviews coming out, not even counting the blog.  In January, we published a piece on a more peaceful time in Syria, Marie Javins’ illustrated story on chivalry in …

How much do you care what other people think? Have you postponed traveling for more than a short vacation period because some friends or relatives might think you’re nuts? Or irresponsible? Or adrift with no career plan? I’ve never been one to worry much about what other people thought about my plans, from high school …

Many people that dream of quitting their job and traveling the world have already figured out that their monthly long-term travel expenses will be less than what they’re spending now just for the daily grind at home. Going to The World’s Cheapest Destinations makes that even easier of course. Then comes the hard realization that …

Almost all the great writers I know have at some time kept a journal going during their travels, usually back when they were traveling just to travel instead of doing it as a line of work. But you don’t have to be—or want to be—a writer to get a lot out of writing in a …