Curious, intrepid, confused, lonely: seeing travel through many layers

1 week ago

Take a trip with artist Gurudas Shenoy on his Journeys Within

At Journeys Within one can see artist Gurudas Shenoy’s fondest recollections unravel from the recesses of his soul — and there is the distinct feeling that the canvases aren’t enough to capture the overflow from his treasure house of memories. The artist who recently turned 60 says, “The show is called Journeys Withinbecause the works are a reflection of my …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

The Bold Route: K2K

Deccan Chronicle

Anuradha Ganapathy, Doctoral Researcher, University of Manchester Pushing boundaries Spontaneous routes, unfamiliar sights, and unexpected detours make each trip transformative. A road trip is permission to let go, embrace the unexpected, and truly live in the moment.” Kavita Jhunjhunwala, Digital Lead, Avocado Tree Digital Travel Guide Every new destination teaches me to adapt, embrace change, and handle the unexpected. The …

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1 month ago

What is ‘dark tourism’? Why tourists visit destinations with tragic histories

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr Philip Stone, who founded the Institute of Dark Tourism Research at the University of Central Lancashire in 2012, told …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Unforgettable guides

The Hindu

The travel bug bit us late in life. He said, “I am thinking what you should see the most.” Six days later, he bid us adieu, with gifts for each of us. Cruises provided us with trained guides to enjoy wonderful day trips at every port. During the Holy Land tour, we were told that every bus had a Jew …

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2 months, 1 week ago

A new audio tour takes you on a walk across Bengaluru’s bookish haunts

Live Mint

The tautologically named Avenue Road in Bengaluru’s oldest commercial district of Chickpet is where I start the literary walk, standing in between an ancient Anjaneya Temple at the corner prepping for the evening aarti and the early 20th century Rice Memorial Church, bedecked with string lights. I am on a self-guided tour of Bengaluru’s literary haunts, created by author Zac …

Bengaluru Literary City Book Tour

3 months ago

HT reviewer Arunima Mazumdar picks her favourite read of 2024

Hindustan Times

What You’re Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama brings together the stories of five individuals, none of whom are readers. There’s Tomoka, a twenty-one-year-old sales assistant, who knows she wants to pick up a new skill but doesn’t know which one, Hiroya, a young manga artist, who is uninspired to pursue his gifted talent Natsumi, former magazine …

Book Read Reader

3 months, 1 week ago

The 20 best books of the year, ranked

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery David Nicholls’s ‘You Are Here’ is an enjoyable read, full of …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

What Is Mystery Travel?

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Catherine Falls Commercial via Getty Images Mystery travel can be very rewarding for those who hate planning. “Mystery trip companies popped up pre-pandemic as a ‘new’ style of travel planning similar to a reality adventure series where the contestants have no idea where they are being shipped to until the games begin,” said Katy Nastro, a travel expert and spokesperson …

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4 months ago

Helping travellers cope with long waits: my cunning publishing plans

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Delay Reaction will contain everything for the traveller delayed indefinitely at Gatwick : Those all-important consumer rights Details of how …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Guidebook king Arthur Frommer championed travel for all, not just the wealthy

LA Times

The president was Eisenhower. Without Frommer’s work as a pioneer, it’s hard to imagine the Lonely Planet guidebooks or the career of Rick Steves, the teacher turned publisher turned public television fixture whose first edition of “Europe Through the Back Door” came out in 1980. “Arthur’s work gave people like my parents the confidence to travel independently through Europe back …

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4 months, 1 week ago

International workers show visitors around Australia as tour guide shortage hits crisis point

ABC

When Elliot Suckley arrived in Australia two years ago, he was an English barman seeking a fresh start. "We're definitely feeling the shortage of tour guides here, especially with the peak season coming up at Christmas," Mr Rees said. The Australian Tourism Export Council, which represents more than a thousand companies that provide tourism services to foreign visitors, lobbied for …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Architect's cycling journey spins his intellectual wheel

China Daily

Leaving Europe from Istanbul, he makes his way to Asia across the Bosphorus. But while pursuing changes and interacting with ordinary people, I increasingly became aware of the common ground we share," says Bouman. Going through the Christian world, the Muslim world, the Buddhist world and the Taoist world along the journey, I found different ways to pursue peace that …

Journey Bouman

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Architect's cycling journey spins his intellectual wheel

China Daily

Leaving Europe from Istanbul, he makes his way to Asia across the Bosphorus. But while pursuing changes and interacting with ordinary people, I increasingly became aware of the common ground we share," says Bouman. Going through the Christian world, the Muslim world, the Buddhist world and the Taoist world along the journey, I found different ways to pursue peace that …

Journey Bouman

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Architect's cycling journey spins his intellectual wheel

China Daily

Leaving Europe from Istanbul, he makes his way to Asia across the Bosphorus. But while pursuing changes and interacting with ordinary people, I increasingly became aware of the common ground we share," says Bouman. Going through the Christian world, the Muslim world, the Buddhist world and the Taoist world along the journey, I found different ways to pursue peace that …

Journey Bouman

4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Bookworm's Odyssey: A Journey Through the Library's Enchanting World

The Hindu

The author's childhood love for books is vividly described in this piece. The author received a wide range of books, including board books, hardbound volumes, and Enid Blyton paperbacks. The author's appreciation for books extended beyond the classroom, with the author participating in a painting competition and playing out their fantasy when they were an elf on Founder's Day in …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Newsletter on armchair travelling through literature

The Hindu

Published : Sep 13, 2024 11:26 IST - 2 MINS READ Dear Reader, With money and leisure both in short supply, I am doing a lot of armchair travelling these days. I hear bulbuls chirping in the tiny patches of green in the city and am transported to forest nooks with mossy patches and babbling brooks; I listen to music …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Why Matt Bomer stayed with the bold ‘Fellow Travelers’ for years until getting it made

LA Times

Golden Globe-winning actor Matt Bomer was attached to play closeted Washington, D.C., politico Hawkins “Hawk” Fuller, in a limited series adaptation of Thomas Mallon’s 2007 novel “Fellow Travelers,” for several years until Bomer, screenwriter Ron Nyswaner and producer Robbie Rogers finally found a home for the epic gay love story at Showtime. The show, acclaimed for its authentic and heartbreaking …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Review of Narendra’s Landscapes of Wilderness: Meditation in the wild

The Hindu

Ramana Maharshi’s observation, “silence is also conversation”, quoted in Narendra’s Landscapes of Wilderness, seems to be the guiding spirit of this meditative discourse on life among the adivasis. “Abujhmad seemed like a vast ancient silence of centuries; of stillness and its speechlessness.” Narendra spent three decades with the adivasis in Abujhmad, and came away with many observations, which he has …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Book Lovers Day: Explore 7 world-famous libraries every bibliophile should visit before they die

Hindustan Times

There are only two things a reader loves more than books: a steaming hot beverage and a well-stocked library. Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at the New York Public Library in New York 7 world-famous libraries every book lover should visit before they die {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at the New York Public Library One of the …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

9 best travel books to inspire your next adventure

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. However, the best travel books can be read year-round, whether you’re heading off …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Suffering a reader's block? Here's a step-by-step guide on how to develop a reading habit

Hindustan Times

“It’s a waste of time. If there's time for a quick scroll on social media every 15 minutes, which adds up to an hour or two at the end of the day; then surely one can read even if it’s for 30 minutes. Apart from the textbook benefits like widening the worldview, learning, and mental stimulation, books feed scripts to …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Revealed: Our changing travel tastes, by guidebook sales

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The remainder of the list focuses on particular patches of the world: City guides to Amsterdam and Prague Country guides …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

On re-reading books

Hindustan Times

Childhood and adolescence felt electrifying and endless, full of growing pains and restlessness, skinned knees and paper cuts. “Childhood stretches out unlike any other time – but you blink, and you’ll miss it.” My brother, cousins, and I sometimes acted like we were living out a Famous Five plot while doing mundane things, like giving the neighbourhood stray puppies milk …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

These 10 new travel books are a wonderful way to immerse yourself in a destination Summer of 2024 - Travel Edition

The Hindu

Travel can be transformative, and great travel writing can be transformative too. It’s like experiencing the Himalayas the way it’s meant to be, and it just stays with you forever.” The Cobra’s Gaze: Exploring India’s Wild Heritage by Stephen Alter Travel with Stephen Alter to “the cold heights of Ladakh, the arid plains of Tal Chhapar, and the murky swamps …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

The comfort of books in our loneliest hours

Live Mint

Arvind Kejriwal has been allowed to carry three books with him to jail. Whether the Delhi chief minister wants to actually read these books or he wants to be seen as wanting to read these books is anyone’s guess. But it also surprises me that at a time of such great personal turmoil one would also not choose books that …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Popularity of printed tourism brochures defying expectations in a growing digital landscape

ABC

Despite a wealth of tourism information that can be accessed online, the printed brochure is yet to be knocked from its stand and, according to a visitor centre operator, is as popular as ever. "The number one reason people come into a visitor centre is brochures, followed by staff advice and getting maps," she said. "We started doing visitor guides …

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1 year, 2 months ago

The rise of the eco-conscious sabbatical

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Whether it’s monitoring wolf populations in Portugal or tracking migration patterns of birds across the Okavango Delta, engaging in citizen …

Travel Care Natural Sabbatical

1 year, 7 months ago

How Lonely Planet is planning for the future of travel

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Over the past 15 years he has seen the Lonely Planet parcel passed from Tony and Maureen Wheeler to the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

A book that allows you to rediscover the joys of old school travel writing

Live Mint

In a world of social media, where you are bombarded with images from people’s travels, and where the only writing seems to be confined to hashtags and captions, there is something rather soothing about reading Zac O’Yeah’s latest book,Digesting India: A Travel Writer’s Sub-continental Adventures with the Tummy.It harks back to the good old times when travel writing was about …

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1 year, 8 months ago

11 Books That Will Inspire Travel

Huff Post

Illustration:Jianan Liu/HuffPost Photo:Getty Images,Macmillan,Simon &Schuster,Penguin Random House,Hachette Book Group,Amazon Traveling for inspiration is hardly something new. Illustration:Jianan Liu/HuffPost Photo:Amazon If you’ve been living under a rock, you might have missed the popular historical series “Outlander” from author Diana Gabaldon, or the Starz show based on the books. Illustration:Jianan Liu/HuffPost Photo:Amazon “Tokyo Ever After,” Emiko Jean’s New York Times bestseller, is …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Journey through a transformative era of science

China Daily

The exhibition Around the World in 80 Days is held at the Shanghai Library's Pudong branch. CHINA DAILY Themed on the famed novel by Jules Verne, the exhibition Around the World in 80 Days at Shanghai Library's Pudong branch explores the convergence of science, technology, art and culture in the 19th century. "The British Library currently has over 170 million …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Journey through a transformative era of science

China Daily

The exhibition Around the World in 80 Days is held at the Shanghai Library's Pudong branch. CHINA DAILY Themed on the famed novel by Jules Verne, the exhibition Around the World in 80 Days at Shanghai Library's Pudong branch explores the convergence of science, technology, art and culture in the 19th century. "The British Library currently has over 170 million …

China Shanghai Library

1 year, 9 months ago

The best new books released in May, as selected by avid readers and critics

ABC

Welcome to ABC Arts' monthly book column: a shortlist of new releases read and recommended by The Bookshelf's Kate Evans and critics Declan Fry and Cher Tan. English writer Deborah Levy's "living autobiography" trilogy – Things I Don't Want to Know, The Cost of Living, and Real Estate – combines life story, analysis, and reflections on writing and on gender …

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1 year, 11 months ago

How films and TV shows are inspiring travel

Live Mint

The new travel guides in town are the TV shows that people binge on. Now, three years later, there are guided trips based on the series’ filming locations as the ‘Emily effect’ led to tourists flocking to the city for a taste of the fantastical storyline. The immersive experience of watching a TV series can often extend the fiction beyond …

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2 years ago

INTERVIEW | Pico Iyer: ‘Memory is itself a great fiction’

The Hindu

Published : Mar 09, 2023 10:40 IST - 13 MINS READ Pico Iyer, often described inaccurately as a travel writer, uses his travels as a launch point for constructing his wonderful essays. This interview ranged through many topics, including his working methods, cover designs, his political neutrality, Milton’s concept of paradise versus Blake’s, the structure of the book, trends in …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Three old books, but fine vacation reads

Hindustan Times

One of the joys of a Christmas and New Year vacation is the world slows down and you can catch up with things you’ve been postponing, sometimes for years. As the cover says, “If you’re reading this book in English it’s probably because of Thomas Macaulay.” A simple but telling acknowledgement of his famous minute on education which, though undoubtedly …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Book Review: ‘The Museum of the World’ by Christopher Kloeble, translated by Rekha Kamath Rajan

The Hindu

Published : Jan 12, 2023 10:15 IST With the uninspiring stuff being churned out daily by Indian publishing houses, one feels strangely grateful to pick up a novel which, in the old-fashioned formulation of a good book, can be savoured, chewed, and digested. If documenting the “natives” was an assertion of power by the colonisers, then Bartholomew outwits them at …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Uncertainty is the only home we have: Pico Iyer

Live Mint

“Travel is the best way we have of rescuing the humanity of places and saving them from abstraction and ideology,” writes Siddharth Pico Raghavan Iyer in his iconic essay Why We Travel, first published in 2000 in Salon. In the last three-and-a-half decades, Iyer’s travels – both to novel places and the deepest recesses of his own mind – have …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Travel author Pico Iyer on BLF 2022 and his upcoming book

The Hindu

Indians are often the perfect example of a people with many places inside of them, says author Pico Iyer. Pico says his talk would be more about “what we don’t know in the age of information and the virtue of encountering other people or other places — another lesson that came to many of us during the pandemic.” The author …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Dua Lipa says ‘simple pleasure’ of reading has helped her through ‘hectic’ times

The Independent

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2 years, 5 months ago

Op-Ed: Here’s what I wish I’d known before road-tripping across America

LA Times

By the time we crossed into California in February 2000, the romance of the road had worn thin. While in the passenger seat, one of us always slurped hot tea from a giant mug, punctuating each sip with satisfaction, while the other insisted on rolling down the window to do loads of “air laundry.” We said we wanted “to experience …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Tripadvisor reveals the best experiences to book in Australia for 2022

Daily Mail

A quad bike tour around Kangaroo Island in South Australia has been named by Tripadvisor as the number one tourist experience in Australia. Party Bike Private Party Up To 15 People in Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona Source: Tripadvisor A jeep safari experience in Aruba, pictured, bags fourth place in the global ranking Pictured is fifth-place 'Clear Kayak Tour of Shell …

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2 years, 9 months ago

A book that helps you introduce tourists to natural history

Live Mint

“A nature guide can make or break a trip,” says Bengaluru-based freelance naturalist Payal Mehta, the co-author of Handbook for Nature Guides, a Nature Conservation Foundation initiative. Illustrated by Manasa Murari and designed by Janhavi Rajan, Handbook for Nature Guides talks about understanding nature guiding, being a good guide, getting to know guests, preparing for a wildlife experience, and guiding …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Perfect Gifts For Travel Lovers Who've Been Stuck At Home

Huff Post

The Citizenry, Etsy, Williams Sonoma, Food52 Woven bags from the Guapi region of Columbia, triple cream bries from France and meticulously painted wall hangings depicting sacred cows from India are all included in this travel-themed list of gifts. Give the gift of travel this holiday season by bringing the culture and scenery of far distant lands into the arms of …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Away We’ll Go...on a fantasy flight

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: The past 17 months have seen our children’s worlds shrink. For so many young people, their days, once filled with raucous school bus rides, classroom shenanigans, sports, art, music, dance and play, have been reduced to a series of interactions viewed through a rectangle on computers, phones and tablets. Travel doesn’t just give us some R&R, but also offers …

3 years, 7 months ago

Review: Peter Heller’s `The Guide’ a suspenseful sequel

Associated Press

“The Guide,” by Peter Heller In his new mystery, author Peter Heller pulls off a rare balancing act once again: He gives us fast-paced action and intrigue, interspersed with closely observed, reflective nature writing. The guide of the title is Jack, one of the heroes of Heller’s 2019 “The River.” A few years after that book’s fateful canoe trip through …

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3 years, 7 months ago

What I’ve learnt in three years as travel editor of The Independent

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Whether that’s Covid travel restrictions; the “flight shame” revolution; the opening up of previously shuttered countries and communities to tourism; …

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3 years, 8 months ago

July Book-Ahead: What We're Excited To Read Next Month

NPR

July Book-Ahead: What We're Excited To Read Next Month Enlarge this image NPR NPR July is crammed full of great books — here are five we're particularly psyched for. Sponsor Message Reviewer Liza Graham says Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices, edited by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington and out July 13, "is a collection of short stories inspired …

3 years, 9 months ago

Still Don't Want To Go Out? Here Are 3 Books For An Inner Journey

NPR

Still Don't Want To Go Out? Sponsor Message An I-Novel, by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter toggle caption Columbia University Press A century before American and European writers began gravitating to autofiction en masse, Japanese novelists were writing confessional books known as shishōsetsu, or I-novels. But through the simple-but-brilliant trick of putting Mizumura's original English text in bold, …

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