The hike to the Havasupai falls is over ten miles from the rim of the canyon, and the trail starts to get sandy after a mile or so. My...

an interview with my favorite travel companion, Mitchell I wanted to have a conversation with my travel partner, someone with whom I’ve...

My grandfather spent much of my father’s childhood in Vietnam. He was a soldier, and he was good with languages. To this day I have heard...

In “Introduction to Travel Writing and Empire: Postcolonial Theory and Transit” Steve Clark asks the following question: “Who actually...

In “Narrating Self and Other: A Historical Overview” Casey Blanton writes that “A more consciously crafted work of travel literature,...

“The description of peoples in their variety was one of the most valued parts of the narratives of travel . . . both for the...

"Mysteries abound were most we seek for answers" - Ray Bradbury Maps are a curious thing. They can tell us where we are, or point us in...