Skip to content
  • ABOUT
    • 36 things
    • Project: Maine Woods
    • Praise
    • TV Appearances
  • WRITING
  • VIDEOS
    • 76-Second Travel Show
    • Right Pants
  • DESTINATIONS
    • Best Place in the World
  • CONTACT
Twitter Facebook Pinterest Tumblr YouTube

Category Archives: Places

« Older posts
Newer posts »

Video: Prizren, Kosovo in 60 seconds

  By Robert Reid | April 11, 2016 - 2:25 pm | 76-Second Travel Show, Europe, Places, RO-Travel, Video
Leave a comment

I took a Balkan roadtrip last December, and one of the surprising highlights was the Kosovo town of Prizren. It was cold and foggy. I couldn’t even see the castle on the hill above town. And the town introduction was unusual. Crooked cobbled … Read on →

Tagged Kosovo

Why Eastern Oregon is the USA’s most underrated region (Spoiler: beer)

  By Robert Reid | September 7, 2015 - 4:18 pm | Articles, Oregon, Places, RO-Travel, USA
3 Comments

I like Eastern Oregon a lot. I wrote about it for National Geographic Traveler, and helped a five-year-old make a video about it last year. More recently, I wrote this piece for the Los Angeles Times on why Portland doesn’t own the Oregon … Read on →

Tagged beer

Wait, there are women Rush Fans? Yes. [Video]

  By Robert Reid | September 7, 2015 - 2:21 pm | Places, RO-Rock Music, USA, Video
1 Comment

Kindly watch this short video: Everything you know about fans of Rush is probably wrong. That sort of bore out recently when I attended RushCon, a “Star Trek convention for Rush fans,” and found out it’s NOT only guys miming drum fills in 18-minute … Read on →

Tagged music, Rush

Oklahoma’s Last Stop [Article]

  By Robert Reid | August 31, 2015 - 5:32 pm | Articles, Oklahoma, Places, RO-Travel, RO-Underdogs, USA
5 Comments

I grew up in Oklahoma, which means I grew up flipping through the pages of Oklahoma Today magazine. I have a feature in its latest issue on the Oklahoma Panhandle, a dream trip I took with my 76-year-old uncle last fall. It’s one of my … Read on →

St Lucia Postcard Series: Want one?

  By Robert Reid | May 4, 2015 - 4:33 pm | Places
1 Comment

This week I’m going to St Lucia to track down a clarinet tutor. And I’ll be packing my stunning new clarinet, a sky blue/gold woodwind named “Jeff” (see right). While I’m at it, I want to publish an “article” by postcard. I’ll do … Read on →

Tagged clarinet, postcard, St Lucia

Me & the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon

  By Robert Reid | April 30, 2015 - 1:27 pm | Places, Vietnam
Leave a comment

Writers are never supposed to begin stories with bird’s-eye views from an airplane. But no arrival in my travel life has compared with my approach to Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport in 1995. It was my first trip to Asia, … Read on →

‹1234›»
  • That video above pretty much tells you in 78 seconds all about ROBERT REID. Read more...
  • Categories

  • Robert’s Greatest Hits

    44 Little Travel Rules No One Tells You

    Plate of Food Travel Museum
  • Recent Comments

    • Sample Essay Writing Topics Sample Essay Writing Topics Sample sample essay writing topics sample essay writing topics sample sample essay writing topicstopics for synchronal essays | Roku.com/link on Top 50 David Bowie songs of all time (Earth edition)
    • Catw Essay Samplesevaluating a catw writing sample | Oasis HUB Crowdsourcing on Top 50 David Bowie songs of all time (Earth edition)
    • Original Hand: Writing in Cursive Book E, Grade 4 | Roku.com/link on Top 50 David Bowie songs of all time (Earth edition)
© Robert Reid 2006-2023. All rights reserved.
reidontravel | Powered by Novus Forum.
Twitter Facebook Pinterest Tumblr YouTube