From the beaches of Bali to the Champs-Élysées in Paris, the outback of Australia to the mountains of Tibet, best-selling author and acclaimed travel writer Pico Iyer has seen it all. He's spent a lifetime traveling the globe, landing his dream job reporting on world affairs for So where does someone who has seen every corner of the world say is the best place to visit? Nowhere, it turns out. In his latest book, The Art of Stillness, Iyer writes: In an age of speed, I began to think nothing could be more exhilarating than going slow.