My Story

…With nothing else on the horizon, I decided that I would travel. I took a dishwashing job. By the following spring I had accumulated a little over a thousand dollars. I (over)packed my first backpack, bought a student flight to Amsterdam for a hundred dollars and left, no real plan or itinerary…

A Traveler’s Notes

…Exactly what is slow travel? When I first embarked upon this adventure in 1972, the most important characteristic was an almost total lack of information. So how did I plan? For the most part, I didn’t. Does that make you feel uncomfortable? Bear with me for a while…

On the Ethics of Travel

…As a species we are imprinted with the urge to move about, just as we are in thrall to other instincts such as sex and procreation, greed, avarice, intra-species violence (war) and tribalism. We can no better separate ourselves from these urges than we can cease breathing…

On the Joys of Getting Lost

…What I really mean by getting lost is something different.  It is taking off from a country town or village either on foot or on a rented bicycle with no plan, destination or schedule, simply letting my nose lead the way.  In this manner I have had many of the most memorable experiences of my life…