Rolf Potts wants to tell you how to travel. To be more accurate, he wants to tell you how to think when you travel. He doesn't want to suggest a destination, or what to bring, or how to get there. He's not interested in such practical thoughts - Potts is after your psyche. In his first book, Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel, the former Salon.com columnist explains his vision of what travel is good for. His philosophy can be summarized as a mobile version of Henry David Thoreau's: traveling as a form of simple, deliberate living that allows you to experience life more deeply. Potts claims that having the time to move deliberately through life is precisely what travel is all about. To do so, a traveler just needs the right attitude. In Vagabonding, Potts reiterates his ingredients for fostering a creative attitude. He suggests that you slow down, pay attention to your surroundings, and pursue your own interests. Potts is not fond of going to a place because it is on the must-see list. In fact, he'll quickly advise you to put away your guidebook - even following Lonely Planet guides, he says, creates a pre-determined travel pattern and limits travelers' willingness to experience what they can discover on their own. For a traveler feeling jaded from seeing one too many tourist traps, or for a newcomer trying to get a feel for what travel is, this is welcome advice. Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel. By Rolf Potts. New York: Villard, 2003.