From the Mental Floss Random Fact Generator: Foreign Accent Syndrome is a rare side effect of brain trauma, whereby a... Read More
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Mike Richard has traveled the world extensively since 2008. He's kayaked in Antarctica, tracked African wild dogs in South Africa, and survived a near-miss great white shark attack in Mexico. He loves the great outdoors, good bourbon, and he (usually) calls Tulsa home. He also enjoys speaking in the third person.
© GrooverFW It’s comforting to know that even pickpockets know the value of a good education. The School of the... Read More
© Stuck in Customs Appropo, considering today’s Poverty Tourism post.... Read More
Looking back at air travel commercials over the past fifty years, there's been quite a transformation in the imagery and sales pitches used by the airlines. Read More
Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods is perhaps my favorite hiking/camping book of all time. Few books actually make... Read More
© Stuck in Customs It’s like a frame out of Frank Miller’s Sin City.... Read More
Few things are more exciting that opening your mailbox to find a heartfelt postcard from a relative traveling half way... Read More
I’m fascinated by flash mobbing. One person committing a strange act in public rarely gets noticed, especially in a place... Read More
Did you know the plain ol' Google search box you use every day is good for a whole lot more than you're asking of it? Read More
A border dispute has become a daily party. India and Pakistan share a single border that cuts straight through the... Read More
A classic John Cleese sketch detailing one of many ways to irritate people:... Read More
The motto of Austin, Texas is ‘Keep Austin Weird.‘ Part of Austin’s inspiration is the ”˜Cathedral of Junk.’ Sequestered along... Read More
Congrats to BraveNewTraveler.com for reaching 1,000 RSS subscribers (what’s RSS?) and for making good on their promise of celebrating in... Read More
Mekong River, Laos © Jody Morris... Read More
Buzkashi is Afghanistan’s national sport: it involves whips, horses, and a dead calf. The calf itself has been beheaded, cut... Read More
Just a reminder to our loyal readers that the Vagabondish weekly contest drawing to win a free A Map for... Read More
Were I given an entire lifetime to imagine some of the ideas seen on Japanese game shows, I’m not confident... Read More
Inside Notre Dame, Lyon © Stuck in Customs I am, as I always am with Trey’s photos, speechless.... Read More
Nothing sets the mood for a road trip or all-night train ride like a kick-ass soundtrack. Today, the blogosphere is... Read More