Elliott Hester is an award-winning travel writer, syndicated travel columnist, and international bestselling author of Plane Insanity. He is also the ultimate escape artist. Back in October, 2002, he dumped his job, gave up his Miami Beach apartment, sold his car, Yamaha digital stereo system, every knickknack and piece of furniture acquired over the years. Longing to live the life of a vagabond, he abandoned the rat race and has been traveling the world ever since.
 
With no set itinerary and no place to call home, Elliott drifts from country to country, continent to continent, partaking in cultural escapades and adventure activities in the world's most intriguing destinations. His experiences are chronicled in Continental Drifter, a syndicated travel column published monthly in more than 50 U.S. newspapers.
 
To follow the author's global route and read his dispatches, simply click the TRIP button. For a more outrageous look at the world according to Elliott, check out Adventures of a Continental Drifter. The hilarious, one-of-a-kind travel memoir was published in September, 2005, by St. Martin's Press.