And An Anti-Austerity Marxist President Was Sworn In Yesterday The first time I went to Sri Lanka — then Ceylon— was in 1970 and I drove…...

I’ve been traveling to NYC less recently because the hotel prices in the places I’ve always stayed have sky-rocketed. They were never...

The airlines thought of themselves as a service industry and competed with other airlines to make every customer feel important,...

I met Charlie on the steps of American Express in Delhi in 1969. We all used American Express to pick up our mail from back home in those...

Security precautions at airports still seem designed to encourage people to forgo travel. Even as a Known Traveler entitled to TSA...

When I was born, the price of mailing a letter was 3 cents, which it had been from 1932. (The inflation-adjusted price was around 25...

You needed all kinds of documents to drive successfully from Europe to India, starting with a passport, of course, and visas for many of...

It’s 4 AM. I’m in Bangkok, getting ready to fly home after 2 weeks in the sweltering 100 degree heat. It’s even steaming hot at 4 AM. I’m...