What every traveler confronts sooner or later is that the way we spend each day of our travel...is the way we spend our lives.

But we don’t need more gimmicks and gadgets; all we need do is reimagine the way we travel. If we truly want to know the secret of soulful travel, we need to believe that there is something sacred waiting to be discovered in virtually every journey.

Mapping out dozens of deeply focused trips around the world has convinced me that preparation no more spoils the chance for spontaneity and serendipity than discipline ruins the opportunity for genuine self-expression in sports, acting, or the tea ceremony.

Pilgrimage means being alert to the times when all that's needed is a trip to a remote place to simply lose yourself, and to the times when what's needed is a journey to a sacred place, in all its glorious and fearsome masks, to find yourself.

That which you are looking for may be calling you to seek.

Pilgrimage is a powerful metaphor for any journey with the purpose of finding something that matters deeply to the traveler.

The pilgrim is a poetic traveler, one who believes that there is poetry on the road, at the heart of everything.