Creeping through traffic in the heart of Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro’s largest slum, our van hesitated beside piles of trash cooking in the sun. I watched a man pick through it. The air was thick with the smells of exhaust and garbage.
As we inched forward, our guide Alfredo told us about the last police operation […]
The situation: You’re a guest in a French home and are in the final stretch of a perfectly paced meal. You’ve managed to keep your hands visible, atop the table—elbows off! You’ve daintily raised bite-sized pieces of hand-torn bread to your mouth instead of biting directly from a whole slice of bread, placing the remainder […]
Each summer, nearly every band with the buzz, the means and new music to peddle hits the road. This year, many of those bands are playing songs that incorporate African, Asian, Polynesian or Latin rhythms, melodies and instrumentation. Call it world music or global pop, or just call it good stuff. If you’re looking for […]
T he situation: It’s Saturday night, a.k.a. Hockey Night, in Canada, and across the Great White North the local arenas, bars and family rooms are filling up with fans. If you’re ready to immerse yourself in a bit of genuine Canadian culture, then look no further.
The basics: The game’s origins are murky, but hockey in […]
A couple years ago, my wife, Bridgit, and I had our first child, a 7-pound anchor who temporarily ended our days of carefree, long-distance travel. After Libby was born, it seemed more important to be around the house to figure out how to keep her alive and healthy and (if possible) happy. None of which […]
1) Make travel a part of your life’s education
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country, before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.
2) Keep a travel journal, at sea or on land
It […]
Since we started World Hum in 2001, we’ve tried to explore travel in all its facets and publish compelling travel stories. It’s been enormously fun and gratifying, yet there’s so much more we’ve wanted to do with the site. Juggling day jobs, we just haven’t had the time or resources.
Now we will. We’re delighted to […]
The gigantoid multiple-hotel development, known as CityCenter and located between Bellagio and the Monte Carlo on the strip, finally has a name: Aria. [The Informed Traveler]
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Want to see London without ever having to leave the Big Apple? As of today (thru June 15th), thanks to a 37-foot tall, 11-foot wide telescope called the Telectroscope, those with their feet firmly planted on Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn will be able to see as far as the Thames.
Curbed has photos […]
1) Make travel a part of your life’s education
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country, before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.
2) Keep a travel journal, at sea or on land
It […]
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