Category Archives: Travel

My 10 Back Packs

Posted on 01/02/2013 by L. Peat O'Neil

Great information on backpackers lifestyle and how to pick a backpack that fits your needs:  http://www.backpackeurope.com/packing/backpacks.html I admit to hoarding backpacks. You never know which pack you’ll need for the climate, trip length, culture, road best traveled.  Alas,  my very … Continue reading →

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Skipping Winter

Posted on 15/01/2013 by L. Peat O'Neil

Long as I can remember, I’ve made an effort to skip out of Winter.  Cold kills my happiness, though I learned to enjoy X-ski during the years I lived above 45º N latitude.  Something about the lack of light, the … Continue reading →

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A Midsummer Trip to the Tropics

Posted on 30/12/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

Lafcadio Hearn is one of the more intriguing travel writers I’ve read. He ended up as a revered professor of literature in Japan. During the 1870s – 1880s, he roamed the U.S. and Caribbean for many years and worked as … Continue reading →

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Travel Writing: See the World-Sell the Story by L Peat O’Neil

Posted on 10/11/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

Appendix 1 Along the Pyrenees Trail @ L Peat O’Neil Appendix_2 World’s Shortest Scheduled Airflight @ Peter Mikelbank For those who are reading my book Travel Writing: See the World, Sell the Story, 2nd edition, published by Writer’s Digest Books in … Continue reading →

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Ethics of Travel.

Posted on 11/09/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

A Code of Ethics for Travelers ………………from the North American Coordinating Center for Responsible Tourism Travel in spirit of humility – desire to learn. Be aware. Listen and observe. Different time concepts and tought patterns. Instead of the beach, discover … Continue reading →

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Colin Thubron Discusses ”In Siberia”

Posted on 28/06/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

Colin Thubron, the prize winning  (PEN Silver Pen Award, Thomas Cook Travel Award, Hawthornden Prize) author of many travel books, reads from In Siberia to an assembly of spellbound professors and literature students who are gathered at a conference on travel writing … Continue reading →

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Websites for Travel Writers

Posted on 19/06/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

Beau Monde Bootsnall – travel narratives and planning Budget Travel Magazine CEO Traveler  Ethical Traveler Literary Traveler Madam Mayo Matador Travel Magazine Nature Writing Wiki Outside Magazine  Perceptive Travel Pyrenees Pilgrimage Rick Steves Travel Tips Rolf Potts Vagabonding Studies in Travel … Continue reading →

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Travel Writer’s Organizations

Posted on 17/06/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

Organizations for Travel Writers and Outdoors Journalists   American Society of Journalists and Authors  Circumnavigators Club Explorers Club International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association International Institute for Peace through Tourism International Society for Travel Writing National Writer’s Union  Outdoor Writers … Continue reading →

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Books for Writers

Posted on 15/06/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

Books for Freelance Writers  by L. Peat O’Neil Freelance writers are lucky today.   Look at the rows of books on writing, creative process, marketing and publishing. Consider the wealth of material for writers on websites like MatadorNetwork,  WebDelSol or Travelwriters.com. We … Continue reading →

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Contest :: Identify the location of the banner photograph

Posted on 14/06/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

Hint:  it’s a lake on an island in the Southern Hemisphere. Send your guess to the comments for this posting. Prize will be a travel book.

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