Program 294a: Pico Iyer: A Traveler's Home is a Verb; Cape Town, South Africa

Celebrated author, Pico Iyer, shares how going it alone can actually clue you in to the global village that already surrounds you. Travel writer Will Hide tells us why Cape Town, South Africa is one of his favorite getaways — where a pleasant climate, easy access to outdoor adventures, and friendly people are just an overnight flight from London.

• Pico Iyer, author of "The Man Within My Head" (Knopf)
• Travel writer Will Hide

• Pico Iyer's website includes musings and photos from Pico's travels.
• Publisher's page for Pico Iyer's book "The Man Within My Head."
• Conde Nast Traveler has archived articles Pico Iyer has written for the magazine.
• Pico wrote about the joy of quiet in the New York Times.
• Pico talks about the need for quiet in an interview at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
• The Taize monastery in France. 
• A virtual tour of the Kyoto Gardens in Japan.
• The New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur, California is one of Pico's favorite retreat center getaways.  It derives from a hermitage in Tuscany, Italy, that is celebrating the millennium of its founding.  It also is associated with a facility in India. 
• Will Hide writes a blog about his travels on his website. 
• Will has written about Cape Town, South Africa for the Guardian in the UK, including the area's adventure sports, such as abseiling and sand boarding.
• The Hermanus Whale Festival calls itself "the only enviro-arts festival in South Africa," and is held each September near Cape Town.
• Cape Town magazine lists its favorite local places for sundowner cocktails, starting with Camps Bay.