I’ve traveled solo since day one and don’t think it’s any big deal. I am a loner, and it’s the only way to go for me. But to hit the road alone or not to hit the road alone is a decision some weigh very carefully before buying the airplane seat next to no one [...]

Sometimes words aren’t enough to explain why I love to travel. Since “a picture is worth a thousand words,” here a few to help describe why I love the world. Thumbnail suitcase photo by Heliotrop3

If I a location grabs me, I shall return. Three weeks after the first foray of my life across the Brooklyn Bridge, I walked its planks once more. Barge Music is part of what I was after. I had learned of a coffee barge, built in 1899 and now renovated and docked on the Brooklyn [...]

When we travel close to home, most of us are after a quick and comfortable get-away to a familiar and beloved spot. Human nature draws us time and again to places we like, locations where we feel at home – even when we’re trying to get away from home. Although we may make a major [...]

One year ago today, I awoke in Connecticut and fell asleep on Isla Mujeres, Mexico. In commemoration of the week of bliss I spent on this tiny isle just about a half hour ferry trip from where vacationers flock to take Cancun holidays, I wish to focus on the negative and recount a not-so-happy tale, [...]

Why doesn’t everyone travel solo? If you explore the world alone, like I do, you may ask yourself this question during times of particularly acute bliss borne of travel experiences you never would know if not alone. I have to remind myself, though, that solo travel is not for everyone. Most people seem to want [...]

Recently I headed where thousands go every day but I’d never thought to venture in all my travels to New York – across the bridge from Manhattan into Brooklyn. I travel frequently into the city, often for a taste of the world’s best cold drink, the bubble tea of Chinatown. Also, of course, I delve [...]