From David Mitchell, the author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks: “One of the questions I always try to keep in the front of my mind is to ask…
Things I found on long walks in foreign cities, or perhaps when someone posted them on Twitter.
I’ve mentioned a few times that going to every country in the world wasn’t as expensive as most people initially think. But how much did it really cost?
The short answer is that I’m not 100% sure of the precise figure. I didn’t tally up every expense associated with ten-and-a-half years of travel, and I didn't save all the receipts. Much of the travel (perhaps one-third) was done in cooperation with other work and commitments. The whole time I was living in West Africa, for example, I was visiting a bunch of new countries, but usually in my capacity as an aid worker for a charity.
Even during the time when I was focused mainly on going to countries for no good reason, it wasn't a business project. It wasn't something I needed to account for or get reimbursed. It was a personal challenge that I would have pursued regardless of the cost.
This is a quest case study. (Read others or nominate yourself.) If you read this blog, you probably know all about my quest to visit every country in the world. Here’s…
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Over the weekend I headed home for a brief pause in my adventures to 40 cities to meet with readers as part of our fall book tour. It’s been exhausting…
This is a traveler case study. (Read others or nominate yourself.) When I first began galavanting around to every country in the world, there was one guy who quickly became…
Things I found on long walks in foreign cities, or perhaps when someone posted them on Twitter.
From my own 193-country journey to the stories of many other people who were kindly willing to share, The Happiness of Pursuit attempts to extract and convey the lessons of…
This incredible 4-minute timelapse video of California was filmed over 4 years. From Santa Cruz to San Francisco, then down to Orange County, Pasadena, and San Diego, I enjoyed the…
Link: 50,000 Points for Barclays Miles & More World Mastercard As I mentioned a couple days ago, Chase is currently running a huge offer for 70,000 points on its popular…
Things I found on long walks in foreign cities, or perhaps when someone posted them on Twitter.
“Architects mostly work for privileged people, people who have money and power. Power and money are invisible, so people hire us to visualize their power and money by making monumental…
This is a quest case study. (Read others or nominate yourself.) Akshay Nanavati’s life story is a quest all in itself, but when we heard about his decision to run across…
This is a travel hacking case study. (Read others or nominate yourself.) When I discovered the happy accident that was Andres Zuleta’s company, Boutique Japan Travel Company, which allows him…
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