You know you’ve been to SeaWorld a lot when Shamu recognizes you. You’ve walked past Ripley’s Believe it or Not so many times that you’ve started to believe it. You can’t seem to get lost on the Riverwalk no matter how hard you try. Have you been to San Antonio too many times? Probably. Have you missed something...
We had just disembarked at the Las Vegas airport and could already hear the slot machines dinging in the distance. It was our first trip together on a plane and my girlfriend’s first voyage to Sin City. She turned to me and said “I didn’t tell you this earlier, but this is the first time I’ve been on a plane in 20 years.” I was...
You’ve probably seen the zombies in Vegas. They aren’t the flesh eating kind that you might expect when you think of the undead. You can usually recognize their hollow sunken eyes staring deadly at a slot machine or watch them dragging their stiff corpses through the casino at 4 am. If you’re not seeing them, it might be you…..Las Vegas can be...
I was sitting in a wine bar the first time I ever heard of Geocaching. Two women at the table next to me were discussing their recent trip to New York and I kept hearing “geocaching” in the conversation. At first I thought they might be geologists but they were much to excited to be talking about rocks. My curiosity got the better of me and I finally...
The Vibrant Spanish City There’s a story about one of the Kings of Catalonia who had a lisp so bad that he said “Ibitha” instead of “Ibiza” and “Barthelona” instead of “Barcelona”. To avoid offending him, all the people of the area started pronouncing their words the same way. Although the story is probably...
I’ve never loved Priceline commercials. Maybe it’s because William Shatner seems much better suited to battling Gorn on a deserted planet than breaking through walls in a suit that seems a little too tight. Maybe it’s because their name doesn’t really sound “fun”. That whole “negotiator” theme seems designed to make you...
A couple of days ago I booked a last minute flight to Paris for this next weekend. My plan was to visit the Christmas markets in eastern France and make my way down the Rhine River to visit the Christmas markets. The day after I booked my ticket almost 150 people were brutally murdered in Paris by Islamic terrorists. My friends have been calling...
It was in a jungle lodge in the middle of Queensland, Australia when my life changed forever. The trickle of electricity allocated for the night had expired, the darkness was impenetrable and there was not much to do except go to sleep or talk to the other backpacker who was sharing my hut. We rambled on about our adventures, although I...
Who doesn’t love Indiana Jones? He’s cool, can beat up Nazis with a whip and he keeps museums stocked up with things they didn’t even know they needed. So, on the odd occasion someone compares me to Indy, a smile crosses my lips. As I prepare to travel to parts unknown today, it occurs to me how wrong that comparison is. Dr. Jones crawls out the...
Part 1- Getting on a Plane I travel a lot. I sometimes feel like I’ve been on more planes than Edward Norton in Fight Club. After so many departure lounges and security checks, I started realizing that I had started evolving into a different kind of traveler. I was doing things different than most of the other passengers. They looked crazed and panicky; I was...