Rolf Potts Libri

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.

Thought-provoking reflections on the transformative power of travel from an iconoclastic travel writer and scholar. For those dreaming of travel or eager to hit the road again, this work explores the life-altering essence of journeying. Each day of the year offers a one-page meditation on various travel aspects, enriched by wisdom from thinkers like Seneca, Maya Angelou, Thomas Merton, and even Grover from Sesame Street. The author delves into the often overlooked, yet profound, ways travel can positively change lives. Daily themes cover reinventing bucket lists, budgeting for adventures, improvising itineraries, navigating technology while traveling, and sustaining the spirit of exploration at home. The book mirrors the phases of a trip, from dreaming and planning—highlighting that journeys become real when we decide they will happen—to embracing the journey's rhythms, where beauty often lies in the ordinary. It encourages readers to seek richer experiences by venturing beyond the obvious, viewing destinations as mysteries to explore rather than mere checklists. This philosophical guide inspires readers to maintain a travel mindset, integrating the lessons of their journeys into everyday life, making travel an ongoing metaphor for existence.

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.