Mark Orwoll
Freelance Travel Writer at Freelance
Writer of travel. Person of Interest. Notorious waterfront character.
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1 month ago |
goworldtravel.com | Mark Orwoll
The buses in Dominica don’t exactly inspire confidence. They’re private, 10-passenger minivans, often dinged up, distinguished mainly by the letter “H” on their license plates. For less (usually much less) than four bucks, you can travel almost anywhere on the island. Ask the driver if he’s going in your direction, climb aboard, and say “Good day” to the other seated passengers. That’s what everyone does. And they’ll say, “Good day” in return.
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2 months ago |
audible.com | Mark Orwoll
1976. The ass end of the hippie era. Adrift in college, Mark Orwoll drops out in favor of the hitchhiker's road through Europe, the U.K., and Morocco. Along the way, he hangs out with Beat Generation poets, gets dosed on acid at an illegal rock festival, loses everything he owns to thieves, and decidedly does NOT learn how to ride a camel. He would also find his calling in life—at 4 p.m. on July 17, 1976, over a beer on the terrace of the Café Select in Montparnasse.
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2 months ago |
frommers.com | Pauline Frommer |Mark Orwoll
What follows is a lightly edited transcript of the April 20 edition of the Frommer's Travel Show podcast. To listen, click here. Pauline Frommer: Welcome to The Frommer Travel Show. I'm your host, Pauline Frommer. It's been a rough couple of months for me. And so what a delight it's been to get lost in a charming, droll travel memoir going back to the 1970s when life probably wasn't simpler, but it certainly [seems like it was in retrospect]. I have as my guest the author of that memoir, Mark Orwoll.
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Mar 26, 2025 |
eastwestnewsservice.com | Mark Orwoll |David DeVoss
No wagons waited in Indianola. No food, no supplies, no shelter, no guides, no oxen to pull the nonexistent wagons. No nothing. The year was 1844. Stranded on the shingle shore were a motley gaggle of second sons, reprobates, poor relations, failed merchants, their dispirited wives, and unnerved offspring, all of whom had come to Texas for salvation. There was no chance for them, no living to be had in the assorted dukedoms and principalities of what would become a united Germany.
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Jan 21, 2025 |
goworldtravel.com | Mark Orwoll
Providenciales, the most populous island in Turks and Caicos, seemed like the ideal destination for my goal: to do nothing but relax. Even before I arrived, I could envision the perfect trip. I would stroll stretches of the famous three-mile-long Grace Bay Beach, the shining highlight of Provo (as the locals call Providenciales). In 2022, Grace Bay was voted the in the world at Tripadvisor.
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My newest travel article, all about Dominica in the Caribbean for Go World Travel Magazine https://t.co/VWBEFNYRwf
@Swingersomad Not a fan. To order a drink, talk to a guy w/ headphones who communicates the order to the bartender, who preps your drink Then when you leave, an officious young man storms up to you and says sternly, “Excuse me sir, can I help you?” Friendly? Opposite. Uncool.
https://t.co/Sc2NSeJv5X is the best business-travel newsletter anywhere, produced by the 40-year veteran journalist Joe Brancatelli. His newsletter today features an excerpt from my new travel memoir, Just One Little Hitch. I hope you enjoy it! https://t.co/F8G4tmR8LW