Rolf Potts élabore des récits qui plongent dans la vaste tapisserie des expériences mondiales, offrant aux lecteurs des aperçus profonds de la diversité du monde. Son œuvre se distingue par une capacité unique à tisser des voyages personnels dans des contextes culturels et géographiques plus larges. Potts explore fréquemment les thèmes du voyage, de l'aventure et de la quête de sens à travers des descriptions vivantes et captivantes. Son approche journalistique enrichit la compréhension du monde par le lecteur avec des perspectives nouvelles et inattendues.
Exploring the transformative power of travel, this book offers insightful reflections that encourage readers to embrace new experiences. The author, known for their unconventional views, draws on personal journeys and scholarly perspectives to inspire a deeper appreciation for the impact of travel on daily life. Through thought-provoking anecdotes, it highlights how venturing beyond familiar boundaries can lead to personal growth and a renewed outlook on the world.
"Thought-provoking reflections on the power of travel to transform our daily lives-from the iconoclastic travel writer, scholar, and author of Vagabonding For readers who dream of travel-or long to get back out on the road-The Vagabond's Way explores and celebrates the life-altering essence of travel. Each day of the year features a one-page meditation on a certain aspect of the journey, anchored by words of wisdom from a variety of thinkers-from Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger and poet Maya Angelou, to Trappist monk Thomas Merton and Grover from Sesame Street. Throughout the year, Rolf Potts embraces the ragged-edged, harder-to-quantify aspects of travel that inevitably change travelers' lives for the better, in unexpected ways. Daily topics include reinventing "bucket lists" and saving money before the journey, improvising itineraries and navigating technology on the road, and keeping the spirit of the journey alive when you get home. The book's various sections mirror the phases of a trip, including: Dreaming and planning the journey: "All life-affecting journeys-and the unexpected wonders they promise-become real the moment you decide they will happen." Embracing the rhythms of the journey: "The most poignant experiences on the road don't occur in the presence of some grand monument, but in those quiet moments when we recognize beauty in the ordinary." Finding richer travel experiences: "Developing an instinct to venture beyond the obvious on the road allows you to see places not merely as checklists of sights to be visited-but as mysteries to be investigated." The Vagabond's Way is meant to sustain the mindset of a journey, even when one isn't able to travel. This unique philosophical guide will compel readers to see travel as an ongoing metaphor for life itself, and to bring the lessons of travel back into the context of their home lives"-- Provided by publisher
Preface 1: Introduction: An Embarrassment of Eiffel Towers 2: Souvenirs in the
Age of Pilgrimage 3: Souvenirs in the Age of Enlightenment Interlude: Museums
of the Personal 4: Souvenirs in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 5:
Souvenirs and Human Suffering 6: Souvenirs and (the Complicated Notion of)
Authenticity 7: Souvenirs, Memory, and the Shortness of Life Notes Index
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Marco Polo Didn’t Go There is a collection of rollicking travel tales from a young writer USA Today has called “Jack Kerouac for the Internet Age.” For the past ten years, Rolf Potts has taken his keen postmodern travel sensibility into the far fringes of five continents for such prestigious publications as National Geographic Traveler, Salon.com, and The New York Times Magazine. This book documents his boldest, funniest, and most revealing journeys—from getting stranded without water in the Libyan desert, to crashing the set of a Leonardo DiCaprio movie in Thailand, to learning the secrets of Tantric sex in a dubious Indian ashram.Marco Polo Didn’t Go There is more than just an entertaining journey into fascinating corners of the world. The book is a unique window into travel writing, with each chapter containing a “commentary track”—endnotes that reveal the ragged edges behind the experience and creation of each tale. Offbeat and insightful, this book is an engrossing read for students of travel writing as well as armchair wanderers.
Vagabonding is about taking time off from your normal life--from six weeks to four months to two years--to discover and experience the world on your own terms. Veteran shoestring traveler Rolf Potts shows how anyone with an independent spirit can achieve the dream of extended overseas travel. Visit the vagabonding community's hub at www dot vagabonding dot net.
Achtung, dieses Buch kann dich dazu verleiten, deinen Job zu kündigen, dein Haus zu verkaufen und dich auf ein ausgedehntes Abenteuer zu begeben! Träumst du davon, dir eine Auszeit von der täglichen Routine zu nehmen, um die Welt auf eigene Faust zu entdecken, andere Kulturen und Länder kennenzulernen und deinen Horizont zu erweitern? Rolf Potts hat diesen Taum wahr gemacht und bereist seit vielen Jahren in langen Etappen die ganze Welt. In seinem internationalen Bestseller Weltenbummeln – Vagabonding erfährst du, wie man auch mit wenig Geld den Traum des Langzeitreisens leben kann und was es an Vorbereitungen braucht, damit dein Traum kein Albtraum wird. Profitiere von Potts reichem Erfahrungsschatz und erfahre, wie man solche Abenteuer finanziert, wie man auch unterwegs Geld verdienen kann und mit unvorhergesehenen Situationen am besten umgeht. Aber auch für das Zurückkommen und Sich-Wiedereinfinden in den Alltag hält Potts viele nützliche Tipps und Ratschläge bereit. Dieses Buch, das im englischsprachigen Raum längst Kultstatus genießt und in über 20 Sprachen übersetzt wurde, ist ein verlässlicher Begleiter für alle, die schon einmal darüber nachgedacht haben, sich eine ausgedehnte Auszeit zu gönnen, aber auch für all diejenigen, die sich endlich trauen wollen, den Alltag für eine längere Zeit oder sogar für immer hinter sich zu lassen.
Il vagabondaggio non è meramente un viaggio in solitario che può durare sei settimane, due mesi o quattro come dice l'autore, ma uno stato d'animo. L'autore ci spiega che si tratta di uno stimolo a intraprendere un viaggio "antisabbatico", una prova con se stessi che comincia ben prima di svolgere il percorso stabilito. Trovare il denaro per realizzarlo, non attaccarsi troppo alle abitudini cittadine, finanziarsi e risparmiare in previsione di una nuova esperienza, questo è lo scopo del vagabondaggio proposto dall'autore. E una volta tornati a casa, tesaurizzare interiormente l'esperienza.
