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Ms. Palin, Can We See Your Passport, Please?
Sure, the Matador editors have been a little bit obsessed with Sarah Palin over the past couple of days. We’ve poked fun at Palin’s patri [...]
10 Constants of Air Travel
As someone who spends lots of time in airports and airplanes, I got a good laugh out of Matador writer Liv Hambrett’s “10 Constants of A [...]
Tips for Foodie Travelers
No matter where you travel, you’re sure to come across McDonald’s and KFC. But you don’t REALLY want to eat there, do you? The [...]
Freebie of the Week: Stoke from Global Oneness
There’s lots of bad news in the world. War. Poverty. Threats to the environment. But amidst all the doomsday forecasts, there’s lots [...]
Room for You… in Space
So, if you haven’t been following news from outer space lately, here’s an update. Last year, Galactic Suite Limited established itself a [...]
Engrish Spoken Here
Some of our favorite Engrish signs found at home and abroad… Photo: Augapfel (creative commons) Photo: Shamam (creative commons) Photo: Stard [...]
Paul Theroux on ‘Ghost Train to the Eastern Star’
Would it be too dramatic if I said that ‘Ghost Train to the Eastern Star‘ is the most anticipated travel book of the year? Maybe. But fo [...]
Voluntourism: Changing the World, One Rich Kid at a Time?
That’s the theory put forward in this provocative opinion piece by Globe and Mail columnist Judith Timson. “Let’s face it,” [...]
Hello, Dolly!: Latest Hurricane News
Hurricane Dolly made landfall earlier today in the coastal region of Texas and northern Mexico. While locals brace for gale-force rains and winds, a [...]
What’s your favorite travel gadget?
A Matador member’s home in Baja Do you have a favorite travel gadget or must-have piece of travel gear? Maybe it’s a perfect pack or a t [...]
New York City’s New Go-To Guide
Citysearch. Zagat. Time Out. Village Voice. Wallpaper City Guides. There are hundreds of printed and online guides to New York City, but one of the [...]
You can bet your bottom dollar…
that I’ll be avoiding all these new bag charges that US airlines are imposing. After the April announcement that they’d be charging a & [...]
Palimpsest City
One of my perpetual interests and preoccupations is the loss and capture of great stories. Who used to live in my apartment? What was the corner sto [...]
Consumerism with a Conscience
I’m recently back from a trip to New Orleans, and what impressed me as much as anything was the level of local entrepreneurial spirit and robus [...]
Gitmo, PA
A few months back, I applied for a press pass to visit the U.S. military’s Guantanamo Bay outpost in Cuba. Though the application has yet to be [...]
I’ll take that to go, please: Best Travel Podcasts. Period.
I’m a relative newcomer to podcasts, but after receiving a link from Matador member Steven Jay Weinberg (who has some pretty great podcasts hi [...]
“Oh give me a home…”
If you’re a writer, you don’t need me to tell you about that creeping feeling of anxiety that swells up at the end of each month when yo [...]
What We Hate About Travel… & Love to Complain About
Matador members love travel, and because they’re on the road, in the skies, and on the seas so much, they have a lot to say about how the trave [...]
Pulse Picks of the Week: Know Your Host(elier)
The Matador community is full of people with interesting businesses, and it’s not surprising that a handful of members are travel industry entr [...]
Can Cell Phones End Poverty?
That’s the question Sara Corbett asked in a recent New York Times Magazine article about the varied uses of cell phones around the world. Corb [...]
