Vagabonding … I dare you to read the following and not immediately book a flight to your dream destination. Travel writer, Rolf Potts, on the dreams of long-term world travelers: “You will stand in awe of the ancients at places like Stonehenge, Angkor Wat, and Machu Picchu; you’ll wander amazed through the exhibits of the Smithsonian, the Louvre, or the Hermitage; you’ll stare in reverence at sunrise over the African Serengeti, sunset on the Australian outback, or high noon in the steamy jungles of Borneo; you’ll listen, rapt, to the otherworldly whistle of Mongolian throat singers, stare in amazement at the swirl of Turkish Sufis, or stomp along madly to the Irish drinking songs. You will shop for Mayan weavings in the markets of Chichicastenango; haggle for damask in the souks of Damascus, or bargain for brocade in the merchant alleyways of Varanasi.  You will bungee-jump the canyons of New Zealand, climb the slopes of Kilimanjaro, or windsurf the Sea of Galilee. You will have impassioned one-week love affairs (with natives and fellow travelers alike) along the Adriatic coast of Croatia, the cobbled streets of Havana, or the neon avenues of Tokyo.  You will sip cappuccino in the cafes of the Italian Riviera, eat fresh fruit in the Sri Lankan highlands, or stare blissfully into space along the clean blue waters of the Costa Rican coast. You will quaff ouzo all day on the islands of Greece, dance to techno all night on the shores of Goa, or lose a week’s sleep in the Carnival madness of Rio de Janeiro.” Rolf Potts is one of my all time favorite travel writers and his first book, Vagabonding:  An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel  was a defining inspiration for my own personal round-the-world vagabonding trip in 2009. As I sit here drinking a hot cup of herba mate and working on this beautiful, fall day in NYC, it’s hard not to trip head first into a state of wanderlust after reading Rolf’s writing.
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Vagabonding …

I dare you to read the following and not immediately book a flight to your dream destination.

Travel writer, Rolf Potts, on the dreams of long-term world travelers:

“You will stand in awe of the ancients at places like Stonehenge, Angkor Wat, and Machu Picchu; you’ll wander amazed through the exhibits of the Smithsonian, the Louvre, or the Hermitage; you’ll stare in reverence at sunrise over the African Serengeti, sunset on the Australian outback, or high noon in the steamy jungles of Borneo; you’ll listen, rapt, to the otherworldly whistle of Mongolian throat singers, stare in amazement at the swirl of Turkish Sufis, or stomp along madly to the Irish drinking songs. You will shop for Mayan weavings in the markets of Chichicastenango; haggle for damask in the souks of Damascus, or bargain for brocade in the merchant alleyways of Varanasi.  You will bungee-jump the canyons of New Zealand, climb the slopes of Kilimanjaro, or windsurf the Sea of Galilee. You will have impassioned one-week love affairs (with natives and fellow travelers alike) along the Adriatic coast of Croatia, the cobbled streets of Havana, or the neon avenues of Tokyo.  You will sip cappuccino in the cafes of the Italian Riviera, eat fresh fruit in the Sri Lankan highlands, or stare blissfully into space along the clean blue waters of the Costa Rican coast. You will quaff ouzo all day on the islands of Greece, dance to techno all night on the shores of Goa, or lose a week’s sleep in the Carnival madness of Rio de Janeiro.”

Rolf Potts is one of my all time favorite travel writers and his first book, Vagabonding:  An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel  was a defining inspiration for my own personal round-the-world vagabonding trip in 2009.

As I sit here drinking a hot cup of herba mate and working on this beautiful, fall day in NYC, it’s hard not to trip head first into a state of wanderlust after reading Rolf’s writing.

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