Travelers' Tales Best Of 2009

I relish airplane rides. It's completely acceptable to unplug, ignore the people around you and loose yourself in a book, and that's exactly what I did on my recent trip to Las Vegas.

I read The Best Travel Writing 2009 by Travelers' Tales.

It's an anthology of collected travel essays. This edition has 29 different essays by different writers, including Rolf Potts, Stephanie Elizondo Griest and Pico Iyer.

The stories take places all around the globe, and I was surprised to discover an essay in the book that takes place in Minnesota.

That story was called "A Vast Difference." It was written by Deborah Fryer. By the end of it, she's made my eyes go all watery.

If you like reading travel essays, this is a great collection to pick up.

And if you like writing travel essays, check out Travelers' Tales submission guidelines.