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“We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves.”

—Pico Iyer
Why We Travel

“What matters most on your journey is how deeply you see, how attentively you hear, how richly the encounters are felt in your heart and soul.”

— Phil Cousineau

The Art of
Pilgrimage

There is a Restless Me that cries

For chancy risks and changing scene,

For arctic blue and tropic green,

For deserts with their mystic spell,

For lusty fun and raising Hell

                   -Don Blanding

                      The Double Life

Restless Me is an online travel magazine for people who love to travel, whether they grab a backpack and trek through Southeast Asia, or enjoy sitting in a favorite armchair at home reading about it. We celebrate this wanderlust with irreverent, unconventional travel writing that truly explores the people and cultures of our diverse planet. It is a different breed of travel writing than you’ll find in most mainstream publications, but one that is perhaps more important today than ever before.

Mark Twain once said “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness.” Unfortunately, it seems that in our post-9/11world most American consumers have shied away from the rest of the planet, choosing to travel only within our own borders. Often when they do venture outside the United States, it is on luxury excursions where they are insulated from the people and cultures of other nations. This is reflected in mainstream travel media outlets, where magazines focus on expensive, five-star hotels, and a television travel channel focuses almost exclusively on Las Vegas and our own national parks. That is why it is necessary today to have media outlets that nurture the desire to travel and to learn about the rest of the world.

That is what we aim to do. On this website you’ll find creative, alternative travel writing. (If you’re interested in writing for us, check out our contributor’s guidelines.) You’ll find a forum to talk about all things travel, whether you want to talk about your own travels, talk about world music, exchange travel tips, or debate politics. We also have links to travel blogs and other travel websites.

We want to hear from you. If you have any ideas for the site, want to contribute a story, have any questions or just want to tell us how we’re doing, drop us an e-mail at editors@restlessme.com. We look forward to your feedback.

Cheers,

Dan Mathers
Publisher
Restless Me