the story

Vagabonding is a round-the- world travelogue created by Mike Pugh, an optimist from Chicago. Mike traveled on his own through Asia and East Africa from October 2002 – November 2003 and updated this site from the road.

The trip is over, but the site remains. Random entries appear on this front page, and all the travelogue, video, and photo entries are in their archives.

View a map of Mike's route.



> Press/Awards

Vagabonding.com earned a few nice mentions in the news:


I did a phone interview with WGN TV, Chicago while I was in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Watch it here:
» Windows Media version (3.3 MB)
» QuickTime version (4.5 MB)

Forbes.com voted Vagabonding.com the best travel blog on the Web.

Vagabonding.com was chosen as a Yahoo! Pick on February 26, 2003.

Vagabonding.com was chosen as one of USA Today's "Hot Sites" on March 10, 2003.

On January 11, 2004 the Chicago Tribune mentioned Vagabonding.com first in its list of fascinating and inspiring travelogues.

On December 6, 2003 my hometown paper wrote about me and another traveler from Racine.

On May 23, 2003 India Abroad published a thoughtful story about Vagabonding.com featuring a number of my photographs.


 

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