Passport
The greening of a hitcher
I was hitchhiking the other day and a hearse stopped. [...]
The greatest of blunders
Civil war continues raging unabated in Syria, with the murky [...]
Corona “world-closing” not the answer
Writing from Florence, columnist Henry Bennett sees far more harm than good coming from the existing approach.
Notes from the virus trenches
Former U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt once made an unusual [...]
Deep, dark, and funny
Should this image of the Paris catacoombs disturb you? Ask columnist Henry Bennett, whose 50 years of travel (mis)adventures include locking himself in with the skulls.
Five decades of moments
With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding. • Canadian [...]
Of monks, monkeys, and kids
The search is what anyone would undertake if he were [...]
When tourism goes mad
It does not matter how slowly you go as long [...]
The kisses left behind
When good Americans die, they go to Paris. • Oscar [...]
“Passport” Author:
Henry Bennett
Henry Bennett first saw clouds up close when he was three years old, on a flight from Los Angeles to New York City in one of the first commercial jets to cross the continent. He has lived in in Maui, Hawaii for the last 23 years but still travels far and wide. He wishes people would read more books and loves his daughter deeply, though not in that order.