A brief foray into Dallas, missing Kampala, and some thoughts on over-tourism

For some, status-driven experiences are sought out. Rather than refining experiences, like learning to identify bird songs during a walk in the park, new and more exorbitant experiences are sought out, and travel agencies are happy to offer them up. Many such trips resemble harried business trips rather than relaxing vacations. "Work hard, pla

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This is what Camus meant when he said that "what gives value to travel is fear" -- disruption, in other words, (or emancipation) from circumstance, and all the habits behind which we hide. And that is why many of us travel not in search of answers, but of better questions. I, like many people, tend to ask questions of the places I visit, and relish... See more

When the traveler wants a big experience, he goes to a big city to see big things. But when he wants an “ authentic” experience, he must eschew the most well-trodden places, possibly the cities themselves, to find it. He must seek out places that have not yet been touched by “tourism”, he must find the people and places that still have remoteness —... See more