Movie Review: The Last King of Scotland

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Talk about a nightmare first trip away from home.  A young Scottish medical graduate spins the globe and points his finger to determine where he will go for his first grown-up adventure. He ends up in Uganda, and with way more adventure than he bargained for.

Poking Around the Pergamon

 
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If you are traveling to Berlin for the first time, be sure to include this incredible institution on your tour. The Pergamon Museum is hands down one of the most impressive museums I have ever been to. Why?

Movie Review: Into the Wild

 
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We recently enjoyed this Sean Penn flick over carbonara and great bottle of wine here at home.  Hard core indie travelers will appreciate just how far the lead character went to check out of society and dance to his own drum.

Book Review: Change Your Life Through Travel, by Jillian Robinson

 
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One of the things that struck me about this book was the author’s sincere interest in providing her readers with the necessary tools to start carving out their “travel transformation” experiences.

Book Review: World Stompers - A Global Travel Manifesto

 
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Written by a gentleman by the name of Brad Olsen, this book is definitely written from the younger person’s perspective.

Wanderlust and Lipstick: The Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo

 
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Beth Whitman does an excellent job covering all of the potential details women and other first time travelers must consider before hitting the road. Packing, safety, selecting a particular type of trip, online resources and more.

Married to a Bedouin

 
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 ”Married to a Bedouin” by Marguerite van Geldermalsen is the fascinating story of the author’slife among the native Bedouin of Petra, Jordan. 

Book Review: Baghdad Without a Map

 
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A collection of journalistic travel adventure tales from Tony Horwitz’s journeys through Arabia.

Book Review: Not So Funny When it Happened, Edited by Tim Cahill

 
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This book is basically a collection of brief, humorous travel essays from various writers, edited into one finished work.

Notes From a Big Country

 
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Notes From a Big Country, by Bill Bryson.
This was the book that introduced me to the work of Bill Bryson, via a referral from another traveling friend of mine.