Escape The Heat In A Cool Cave... In Thailand
We know that many of our friends in America as slogging through some rather intense heat right now. Sorry about that. If it's any consolation, we're relatively cool in Thailand right now. It's strange...
View ArticleThis Beach Kangaroo's Nuts
(Evo's note: Nope. Not a typo. Sheila let's me post these on her behalf. Sometimes she shouldn't.)I was promised beach kangaroos. Well, I saw plenty of kangaroos -- seriously, Australia is overrun with...
View ArticleSay “Cheese!” Five European Destinations for Cheese Lovers
One of the best parts of traveling Europe last year was the cheese. I know, I know... it's a silly reason to travel. I didn't even discover I had a thing for cheese until five years ago. And now I live...
View ArticleA Bat Video That Won't Creep You Out
I get that bats freak a lot of people out. I'm not one of them, but I get it. The sort of cross that uncanny valley where the flapping, silent critter almost looks right, but something is quite off....
View ArticleSkin To Win With Jeff Moriarty
When you ask someone who’s made a career out of taking off pants to do something crazy in a photo contest, you should not be surprised at his first choice. When Jeff Moriarty isn’t busy dragging...
View ArticleMissing The Rain? We Have It Here In Thailand. All Of It.
Well, it sure seemed like we had all the rain last year. As you know, we spent three months of the rainy season in the rainiest province in Thailand -- Ranong. But let's not dwell on the non stop rain....
View ArticleAll Waterfalls Are Stress Free Zones
Remember that frog chill-axing in the One Minute Memories video I posted last week? Here's where that happened, also presented in One Minute Memories video format. This is the Punyaban waterfall,...
View Article7 Snapchat Accounts Every Traveler Shoud Follow
You can no longer say Snapchat is for kids. I, the silver-maned guru, forbid it.Hey, that's not a name I came up with on my own. It was blessed upon me by Freeborn Aiden, someone I don't know but who...
View ArticleSunny Thaper Beats Off A Monkey
What else are you supposed to do when you’ve got a monkey in your bed? Also, we’re betting all the Brexit-backers were real ale fans, not craft beer drinkers. When it comes to adventure travel, India...
View ArticleEating Pie Through The Tears With Hal Lublin
We all make sacrifices when we travel, like our body for the ability to have more stuff, gifts for those we meet along the way, or our very dignity for the taste of sweet, sweet pie. Before we get...
View ArticleBeach Body Not Required
The last seven months living life as a sedentary writer in a town awash with cheap delicious food has not been kind to my svelte figure. The good thing I I don't really care, so I've little issue...
View ArticleSnapchat from China? Yeah, You Can Do That!
I'm freshly returned from five fantastic days in Chengdu China, courtesy of the amazing Niccolo Chengdu. They invited us up to showcase not just the hotel (if ever one deserved a sixth star, it's...
View ArticleBusting Out Of The Bus with Grant Baciocco
Who has the scarier bus story: rock stars or puppeteers? The former group’s issues are probably self-induced. The latter is more karma. But they retell the story better! Life on the road is filled with...
View ArticleChoose Your Own Chengdu Adventure!
From signature cocktails to finding cigars on the streets, from shoving metal spikes in ear canals to entering restaurants through the window... it was evident we could not have packed any more into a...
View ArticleLoren Murphy Shorts The Korean Mafia
While our unexpected hospital bills are spiraling out of control, Loren is shorting the bill at a restaurant ran by the Korean mafia. Today’s episode is all about poor money decisions, I guess? When...
View ArticleHow To Get A Chinese Visa In Bangkok
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: An American tourist, an American on a work visa, an American with a type “O” non-immigrant visa, and an Irishman walk into the Chinese consulate in Bangkok … Don’t...
View ArticleStormy Bangkok Skies At Night
We still have a month or so of the rainy season in Bangkok, though it's been relatively dry the last week or so. Of course, that'll change. Welcome to the tropics. Bangkok has a...
View ArticleDueling Naga Heads In Khao Lak
We spent five days in Khao Lak at the fabulous JW Marriott hotel. We've an entire writeup posting just a little later today, but I wanted to start you out with this One Minute Memories video Sheila...
View ArticleNeither Sick Mom Nor Goofy Military Shall Spoil This Thailand Vacation
Faced with the prospect of sharing 42 square meters (~450 square feet) with my mother for seven days didn't sound like a good time. So rather than figure out awkward sleeping arrangements for me, my...
View ArticleChengdu. Who Knew?
Greeted by an eerily quiet airport after a half-empty flight from Bangkok; it seemed my first trip to China proper would to be of the stereotypical breed. Our driver and handler were amicable enough,...
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