From the island nation of the United Kingdom to the mythical Greek isles to my soon-to-be home of teeny Thai rock Koh Tao, this trip has been one hop across the water after the other. Which brings me to this fortnight’s travel quote, one I’ve saved and loved for a long time now. “I think that…

After much research (read: Wikipedia-ing) I have settled on calling this feature the Quote of the Fortnight. It’s just such a better word than bi-weekly, right? Right? I might not find it quite as charming when I’m in Asia, but here in the UK I find the term delightful. Onto this fortnight’s quote: “The world makes…

So it turns out this feature is less of a travel quote of the week, and more of a travel quote of the every two week? The quote of the bi-month? Quote of the fortnight? This week’s quote is a classic, but still rings so true. It can be easy for the long term traveler to…

On one of my three plane rides to Scotland, I was reading through a few copies of the New York Times Travel section that I had saved for this very occasion. Pico Ayer, one of my favorite travel writers, had written a front page editorial called “Why We Travel” and the paper received so many excellent…