Episode notes
My guest today is the legendary Rolf Potts. Rolf is the author of Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide To The Art of Long-Term World Travel. As you all already know from listening to any of the previous episodes, Vagabonding was an incredibly influential and important book for me. There is no other form of content that instilled the same sense of freedom and the desire to travel that Vagabonding did. We cover a wide range of topics in this episode beginning with the ordeal of coming home from a great trip, how to travel while one is not "on the road" in the classical sense, the beauty and sense of freedom poetry engenders, the power of quotes, and more.
Rolf has a new book coming out (the sequel to Vagabonding) which will be tentatively released on October 4th, 2022. All information on Rolf's projects (blog, podcast, social media, upcoming books, ...