Victor Loux — bookmarks tagged “travel”

Trekking Across Switzerland, Guided by Locals’ Hand-Drawn Maps (Gift Article)

nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/17/travel/switzerland-local-maps.html

Nostalgic for a time before ubiquitous connectivity, a writer ditched his phone and relied instead on serendipity — and maps made by people he met along the way.

A Woman Who Left Society to Live With Bears Weighs in on “Man or Bear”

bikepacking.com/plog/man-or-bear-debate/

In this piece, long-term bicycle traveler Laura Killingbeck reflects on the "Man or Bear" debate and adds her unique perspective...

How Airports Catch Illicit Radioactive Cargo

wired.co.uk/article/heathrow-radioactive-cargo-screening

Hidden screening devices are used to track the movement of dangerous materials—and recently caught a shipment of uranium at London’s Heathrow Airport.

Packing A Backpack

info.deuter.com/blog/packing-a-backpack

Packing A Backpack

The experts can stay wrong longer than you can stay alive - Lessons From The Crisis

lessonsfromthecrisis.substack.com/p/the-experts-can-stay-wrong-longer

Early in 2020 Western governments, alarmed by reports from China, asked the international public health community whether they should close borders to limit the spread of coronavirus into their country. The UK government consulted its pandemic flu plans

Slow Ways - a network of walking routes connecting Great Britain

slowways.uk/

Slow Ways is a network of walking routes that connect all of Great Britain’s towns and cities. Created by you.

The Mystery of John Titor: Hoax or Time Traveler? - Pacific Standard

psmag.com/environment/the-mystery-of-john-titor-hoax-or-time-traveler-57001

A person named "John Titor" started posting on the Internet one day, claiming to be from the future and predicting the end of the world. Then he suddenly disappeared, never to be heard from again.

The Man in Seat Sixty-One - the train travel guide...

seat61.com/index.html

How to travel by train or ferry from the UK into Europe & worldwide... Train times, fares, how to buy tickets, advice & information.

The best tourist secret attraction is the grocery store.

nymag.com/urbanist/article/the-best-tourist-secret-attraction-is-the-grocery-store.html

I’m a Grocery Store Tourist - The Billfold

thebillfold.com/2018/05/im-a-grocery-store-tourist/

Marchetti's constant

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchetti's_constant

Marchetti's constant is a term for the average amount of time spent commuting each day, which is approximately one hour. Developed by Venetian physicist Cesare Marchetti, it posits that although forms of urban planning and transport may change, and although some live in villages and others in cities, people gradually adjust their lives to their conditions such that the average travel time stays approximately constant.[1][2] Even since Neolithic times, people have kept the time at whi...