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Behind the Wayfinder Episode: Jessica Nabongo on Antarctica
If you’re not reading Without Maps, you’re only getting half the story.
Jessica Nabongo is the first documented Black woman to travel to every country in the world. She’s also the daughter of Ugandan immigrants, grew up in Detroit, wrote T...
Behind the Wayfinder Episode: Paul Theroux on Canada, True North and Travel Writing
If You’re Not Reading Without Maps,
You’re Only Getting Half the Story
Paul Theroux the travel writer is the one you hear on the podcast I host, Wayfinder. Paul Theroux the traveler is the one you meet here.
Like I’ve been saying,...
Genova On My Mind
Somebody asks Dorn, the doctor in Chekhov’s The Seagull, which foreign city he loved best.
He doesn’t pause to think about it, which for a Chekhov character is basically a scandal.
MEDVEDENKO: Allow me to ask you, doctor, what town did...
Homer, The Odyssey and the Original Travel Writer
Some Mild Spoilers Ahead Darlings. And before we start, some thoughts if you care to know this: my advice is read the poem and see the movie, appreciate them separately.
I recently sat in an IMAX theater outside of Madrid Centro watching s...
A Road Trip to Buffalo, New York: What Surprised Me Most
I recently did this fascinating story for Cabana Magazine on Dennis Maher’s home. It’s layered and intriguing and worth reading about - also the visuals are a feast. Speaking of Buffalo, New York.
Photo by Paulo Silva on Unsplash
Michael...
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Daniel Scheffler is a travel writer – contributing to The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Conde Nast Traveler, National Geographic and various others, and launched the first travel podcast with iHeart called Everywhere.
Global citizen, master storyteller, and travel expert, who is the first black woman to have traveled to every country in the world
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