Lew Toulmin, PhD, FRGS, is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and of The Explorers Club. He has worked in 30 developing countries and traveled to 145 of the world’s 196 nations. He and his wife Susan live in Silver Spring.
This past month I had a gratifying but shocking experience down in my native state of Alabama. I traveled to the state capital of Montgomery, having been invited to attend… Read More
When you go on that neat summer driving vacation this summer, you’re going to wear your seat belt, right? Of course. You are smart and good at risk assessment, and… Read More
Recall from my articles last month and the month before, that the Barry Broman film “Who Killed Jim Thompson?” asserts that the famous American, Jim Thompson, the “Silk King of… Read More
The Asserted Sequence of Events Last month in this column we learned that ex-CIA officer Barry Broman asserted in 2017 in a documentary film at the Foreign Correspondents Club of… Read More
The most mysterious disappearance in Asia is almost certainly that of Jim Thompson, the “Silk King of Thailand,” who vanished in the high jungles of Malaysia in 1967. The 61-year-old… Read More
RAC Woodcote Park No-one from my club in D.C. had ever reviewed the Royal Automobile Club—Woodcote Park in southwest London—so we decided to check it out. An unusual reason to… Read More
Have you noticed how many men in British literature, films and TV mention going to “my club”? What are they talking about? This month and next we will explore London’s… Read More
Two months ago I gave you some tips for tackling the famous Camino de Santiago 500-mile path across northern Spain. This month I’ll tell you about some of the highlights… Read More
As a practitioner of emergency management, I have developed an informal theory (that I would never dare publish in any professional journal) that every disaster or major world event is… Read More
Since you are reading this travel column, you doubtless have heard of El Camino de Santiago – the famous, UNESCO World Heritage pilgrimage path that runs for almost 500 miles… Read More
Do you think our democracy is in danger? If so, do you want to do something to save it? I have found a way to travel virtually to key swing… Read More
Deer tick season is upon us, and Lyme disease and other tick-borne ailments are a serious health threat, with about one-tenth of Americans having been infected. Today I will give… Read More