Adventures in Backpacking
While traversing the globe in search of enlightenment, writer Mary Fitzgerald finds something altogether different: the steadily growing tribe of the full-time traveler. Outfitted to the teeth with Stussy, batik, Birkenstock, and the latest John Grisham novel, these nomadic wanderers have an entire culture all their own.
"...Bo Derek-style braids woven by some kid on a Vietnamese beach, and a pirate's hoard of silver on fingers,..."
March 24, 2000 Features Feature by Mary Fitzgerald