Internet: [Traveling] [Mennonite] [Outdoor Gear Retailers]

Traveling

• Travel Reference
  • Expedia.com
  • Rolf Pott's Vagabonding
  • BootsnAll.com
  • Away.com
  • Lonely Planet
  • Let's Go
  • TrekEarth: Learning About the World Through Photography
  • CIA World Factbook
  • University of Texas Map Collection
  • US Department of State
  • Round-the-World Travel Guide
  • Crazy Dog Travel Guide
  • Backing the Planet
  • The Traveler's Lounge
  • Air Brokers International
  • Global Gazetteer Version 2.1
  • AT&T International Access Telephone Numbers
  • MCI International Access Telephone Numbers
  • Webflyer: The Frequent Flyer Authority
  • Indo.com - Travel Distances
  • Explore the World's Sacred Sites
  • Wilderness Manuals: Wilderness Survival and Camping Guide

Outdoor & Adventure Travel Magazines

• Outside Magazine
• National Geographic Adventure
• National Geographic Traveler
• Backpacker Magazine
• Mountain Zone
• Backpacking Light
• Inside Out Travel
• Kinetic Travel Network
• Travelers' Sites
  • Travelers' Tales
• Concierge.com: The Incredible Journey
• Literary Traveler
• World Hum
• Bicycle Touring Around the World
• Travel Philosophy
• Pilgrimage, and Pilgrims on a Spiritual Journey
• The Bible and Pilgrimage
  

Mennonite Connections

• Eastern Mennonite Missions (EMM)
• Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) - Alumni Office, Cross Cultural Office
• Global Disciples
• Goshen College
• Mennonite Central Committe (MCC)
• Mennonie Mission Network (MMN)
• Mennonite World Conference (MWC)
• Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions (VMBM)

Outdoor Gear Retailers

• Campmor
• REI
• Sierra Trading Post
• Backcountry Store

Books: [Travelers' Philosophy] [Insightful Thoughts] [Travel Information] [Travel Writing & Trips] [Outdoor Skills]

Traveler's Philosophy

• Cousineau, Phil. The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker’s Guide to Making Travel Sacred
• De Botton, Alain. The Art of Travel
• Dispenza, Joseph. The Way of the Traveler: Making Every Trip a Journey of Self-Discovery

 

Insightful Thoughts

• Carretto, Carlo - Selected Writings
• Chacour, Elias - Blood Brothers, We Belong to the Land
• Dillard, Annie - Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Teaching a Stone to Talk
• Jordan, Peter. Re-Entry: Making the Transition from Missions to Life at Home
• Kadlecek, Jo - Fear: A Spiritual Navigation
• Kingsolver, Barbara - The Poisonwood Bible
• Krakauer, John - Into the Wild, Into Thin Air
• Job, Rueben & Shawchuck, Norman - A Guide to Prayer
• Lamott, Anne - Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
• Lewis, C.S. - Mere Christianity, The Chronicles of Narnia
• Merton, Thomas - The Seven Storey Mountain, A Thomas Merton Reader, No Man is an Island
• Nouwen, Henri - Here and Now: Living in the Spirit, The Way of the Heart , Seeds of Hope: A Henri Nouwen Reader, Reaching Out
• Piper, John - Don’t Waste Your Life
• Sanneh, Lamin - Whose Religion Is Christianity?: The Gospel beyond the West
• Shenk, David - Surprises of the Christian Way
• Sider, Ronald - Rich Christians In An Age Of Hunger
• Thoreau, Henry David - Walden
• Tolkien, J.R.R. - Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit
• Tozer, A. W. - The Pursuit of God

 

Travel Information

• Cleare, John. Trekking: Great Walks of the World
• Lansky, Doug. First-Time Around the World
• Noland, David - Trekking
• Potts, Rolf. Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
• Pelton, Robert Young - The World's Most Dangerous Places
• Smith, Dan - Penguin State of the World Atlas, Seventh Edition

 

Travel Writing & Trips

• Feiler, Bruce - Walking the Bible, Abraham
• Jenkins, Peter. A Walk Across America
• Kerouac, Jack - On the Road, The Dharma Bums
• Kraybill, J. Nelson - On the Pilgrim's Way: Conversations on Christian Discipleship
• McDonald, Bernadette - Extreme Landscape: The Lure of Mountain Spaces
• O'Reilly, Sean - Travelers' Tales: The Road Within
• Savage, Barbara - Miles From Nowhere: A Round-the-World Bicycle Adventure
• Schultheis, Rob - Night Letters: Inside Wartime Afganistan
• Shackelton, Ernest - South: The Endurance Expedition
• Sklar, Trey - Four Souls: A Search For Epic Life

 

Outdoor Skills

• Angier, Bradford - How to Stay Alive in the Woods
• Boga, Steven - Caving
• Gibbons, Euell - Stalking the Wild Asparagus
• Harvey, Mark - The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide
• Manning, Harvey - Backpacking, One Step at a Time
• National Safety Council & Wilderness Medical Society - Wilderness First Aid: Emergency Care for Remote Locations
• Owen, Peter - The Book of Outdoor Knots
• Sleight, Steve - KISS Guide to Sailing
• The Mountaineers - Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills
• Werner, David - Where There is No Doctor

 

*The resources listed on this page have all had an impact on our journey in some capacity, and range from hard travel information to travelers' tales to philosophy and theology. We hope that this information will help others to be inspired to seek out their journey, and that these resources can be of some assistence with the magnitude of planning required for such an undertaking.

This is a very imcomplete list for all of background information that has gone into this trip, but we hope to add as much as possible throughout the next months and years. For resources pertaining to specific regions or countries, browse through our country listing on the route page.

David P. Landis & Eric S. Kennel

July18, 2004