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TWP Book Review
TWP Book Review: Travel as a Political Act
With guidebooks and a television show seemingly geared for septuagenarians, endless golly-gee-this-is-great enthusiasm and billowy, synthetic dad pants, Rick Steves isn’t one of my go-to sources for travel info. With some reluctance, I picked up an advance copy of his latest book, Travel as a Political Act, from the “Free Table” at the office of a magazine I was working for (FYI: the Free Table is where unsolicited review copies go to die unless some staffer decides they’re worth taking home). I’ve snagged some very good and very, very bad material from the ol’ Free Table; [...]
TWP Book Review: Off The Tourist Trail
As an independent traveler, you probably aren’t interested in following the tour buses down well-worn ruts to popular attractions. Luckily, there’s a virtually unknown alternative for every tourist swarm. The folks at Eyewitness Travel sent a copy of Off the Tourist Trail just before it hit stores last fall (while I was still desk-bound), and it’s become a go-to source for semi-secret destinations the world over. Here are four of my favorite options:
Historical Site
Isla del Sol vs. Machu Picchu
Sure, Machu Picchu is iconic for a reason. But a glut of Hawaiian-shirted, [...]
