Travel like Ghandi, with simple clothes, open eyes and an uncluttered mind.

As a traveler, I've often found that the more a culture differs from my own, the more I am struck by its essential humanity.

Self-consciousness kills communication.

If you can get conservatives to sit down for 20 minutes and listen to you on drug policy reform you might have a good chance to - if not convert them - at least respect your opinion.

If you don't like a place, maybe you don't know enough about it... Give a culture the benefit of your open mind.

By day, Venice is a city of museums and churches, packed with great art. Linger over lunch, trying to crack a crustacean with weird legs and antennae. At night, when the hordes of day-trippers have gone, another Venice appears. Dance across a floodlit square. Glide in a gondola through quiet canals while music echoes across the water. Pretend it's Carnevale time, don a mask - or just a fresh shirt - and become someone else for a night.

I would like travelers, especially American travelers, to travel in a way that broadens their perspective.