A Plan Sidetracked “The Best Laid Schemes of Mice and Men…” You may remember from last fall (2021), I wrote a series of “how I travel” articles called “Look Over ...

Going the Slow Way...Three Days by Train in Turkey I traveled by train and bus for three days to go from Selҫuk to Goreme in Turkey. I could have flown ...

A Lesson in Staying Open One evening while I was staying in Pamukkale, Turkey, I took a few photos of this sunset behind the local mosque. I loved the setting ...

Learn how I plan a train journey from London to TbilisiLook Over My Shoulder Stage 6: In-Depth Research BeginsThis is Part 6 of a series of articles walking you through ...

Learn how I plan a train journey from London to TbilisiLook Over My Shoulder Stage 5: Gather Logistics InformationThis is Part 5 of a series of articles walking you through ...

Learn how I plan a train journey from London to TbilisiLook Over My Shoulder Stage 4: Testing My BudgetThis is Part 4 of a series of articles walking you through ...

Learn how I plan a train journey from London to TbilisiLook Over My Shoulder Stage 3: Building a Skeleton ItineraryThis is Part 3 of a series of articles walking you ...

Learn how I plan a train journey from London to TbilisiLook Over My Shoulder Stage 2: Solidifying My GoalsThis is Part 2 of a series of articles walking you through ...

Learn how I plan a train journey from London to TbilisiLook Over My Shoulder Stage 1: Introduction & The Dreaming/Brainstorming StageThis post begins a series of articles in which I ...

My Favorite Peruvian Places & Experiences:Arequipa and Lake Titicaca This post accompanies my LIVE YouTube broadcast on 28 March 2021 about my explorations of Arequipa and the Lake Titicaca area ...

The hostel at Tintagel, Cornwall, England sits on a lonely hillside overlooking the ocean.  The only way I can afford to travel solo in Europe is to find lodging in ...

If you are an independent traveler, it takes a lot of work to be ready to move to the next destinationIf you were on an organized excursion, all this is ...

A long time ago—like back in the 70s, I went on an “all-inclusive” escorted tour to Israel. You can read about that here.In a recent post about independent travel, “Do-It-Yourself ...

This is the last in a series of articles to help you decide what methods and styles of travel work well for you. Here is a list of all the ...

Thinking about traveling independently? What is "independent" travel anyway? After a few months of moving about, I figured out the styles of travel that work for me.Of course, I would ...