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Rolf Potts
For the adventurist traveler this blog is written by a seasoned traveler. Rolf Potts has reported from more than fifty countries for the likes of National Geographic Traveler, the New York Times Magazine, Slate.com, Conde Nast Traveler, Outside, and the Travel Channel His adventures have taken him across six continents, and include piloting a fishing boat 900 miles down the Laotian Mekong, hitchhiking across Eastern Europe, traversing Israel on foot, bicycling across Burma, and driving a Land Rover from Sunnyvale, California to Ushuaia, Argentina. [Read More]
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Ellis Emmett: The nine most important things in life
Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding BlogThe first things you notice about Ellis Emmett are his piercing blue eyes, the source of his deep, rolling laugh. This is a guy who loves life, and lives large; that much is clear from the moment he shakes y...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Without travel, there would be no "us"
Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding Blog“We see frightful souvenirs for sale in the Valley of the Kings, or we blanch at the ruination of Bethlehem or the Austrian Alps — and we blame it on mass travel. We prophesy dire and culturally ...
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Charity school project in Bodhgaya, India
Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding BlogAs a first stop during my "charity discovery tour" in India I visited the village of Sujata, just behind Buddhist pilgrimage center - and Tibetan refugee colony - Bodhgaya, in Bihar state. If Bodhgaya is a b...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Vagabonding Field Report: Java, Indonesia
Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding BlogCost/day: $20 What's the strangest thing you've seen lately? We were on a seven hour train ride from Banyuwangi to Surabaya, and just about every imaginable Indonesian product was being hawked on this train....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Vagabonding Field Report: Korea's Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding BlogCost/day: $100 What's the strangest thing you've seen lately? For the first time in ten months, North Korean soldiers came down from their posts and took pictures of each other right outside the conference b...
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Is travel wasted on the very young?
Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding BlogThis week I have a question. It's one that's been rolling around in several communities I participate in, and it's one that tends to bring about heated debate. It's also one that is very hard to separate fro...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Don't fear failure
Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding BlogWhat would you do if you were not afraid? That is the question I asked myself a few years ago when my husband and children wanted to ride their bicycles from Alaska to Argentina. And when I got really honest...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Pilgrims of yore had much in common with present-day tourists
Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding Blog“It may seem absurd to view a sightseeing tour of Versailles or the Pyramids as a kind of pilgrim's progress toward spiritual fulfillment — or it may seem entirely appropriate. For one thing, the...
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Book review: Tearing up the Silk Road
Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding BlogTearing up the Silk Road: A Modern Journey from China to Istanbul, through Central Asia, Iran and the Caucasus by Tom Coote Garnett publishing, 2012 (buy on AMAZON) With nine weeks on your hands, the last th...
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
3 Ways to invest in local economies
Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding BlogMost of us travel so that we can see the world, get out of our "box" and explore another culture, or corner of the world. If we wanted everything to stay the same, we would just stay home! It boggles my mind...
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013
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