Halong bay, Vietnam Located in North Vietnam, Halong bay is beautiful and enchanting. This is the kind of picturesque Vietnamese scenery a traveler always longed to visit while daydreaming of South East Asia. The rock formations that jump out of the sea, through the green ocean water, make all those movies about Nam come right [...]
Movie Reviews: What’s The Worst Trilogy of All Time?
STAR WARS It takes a man to admit when he’s wrong. It takes a bigger man to admit he didn’t really like Star Wars, and I mean ALL the Star Wars. From the always homosexual Jar Jar Binks, to the jerry curls and cold cocked smile of Billy D, seven thumbs down. This sextilogy is [...]
Dangerous Cities of the World
JUAREZ, MEXICO Lets face it. You have two options, trigger happy teen Federales with automatic weapons or the blood thirsty Mexican Cartel that just sold you a pound of crappy weed from the passenger’s side of an almost certainly stolen el Camino. You could have left this asshole of a place and avoided being abducted, [...]
Which Traveler Are You?
CANADA STRENGTHS: The way the sun reflects off the morning snow, the way a flower smells on the first day of spring, fresh tracks, and the wonderful feel of a crisp autumn morning. WEAKNESSES: All of the above. Canadian► you can spot this Moose fondling traveler from a 1000 Klondike Bars away, because of the [...]
A run through – Part 1: Istanbul
Driving through the streets of Istanbul makes nostalgia flow through my veins. This last capital of the Roman Empire I’ve only known from reading, until now. It’s late afternoon and the smog of summer sits over the city. We pass mosque after mosque as The Don peers out the window to snap off some shots. [...]
Brewno does Cairns Australia
People always sayin’ Cairns is this and Cairns is that but let me tell yooze Cairns ain’t jack. All right scumbags, we’re gonna do this and we’re gonna do this right the first time. Something 100% of you scumbags ain’t used to but Uncle Nutsy’s here to help yahs cause I got mad love for yah. [...]
The Five Dollar Suntan
After a failed attempt to hike to what’s left of the dying Aral Sea, Rob, Pete and I haul ass back to Samarkand. During a fourteen and a half hour bus ride, I sit next Pete while poor Rob, all six-foot-two of him is crammed in back on top of some massive bags of rice. [...]
Sports News: Robinson Cano is Mad Ticklish
When I walked into the locker room, I heard cries of laughter and pleading in an accent reminiscent of Ricky Ricardo, “Stop! Ey! Stop! Ey!” As I turned the corner and passed Babe Herman Ruth’s locker, my attention shifted from the memory of baseball’s most beloved icon to watch Yankee captain Derek Jeter, 3rd baseman [...]
St. Paddy’s Day (Yes, in an October issue)
11:24am – I’m cutting the line at Starbucks with a complete disregard for the mother of three who USED to be at the front of the line…Before the cashier opens his mouth I’m screaming “YOU BETCHA!!” and he is taken completely off guard since I just answered a question that was never asked…I order coffee [...]
April 2011: The Mile High Club flying solo
To “you know what” in an airplane bathroom. “Sometimes, after reading too many articles in Women’s Digest, I hit that bathroom for some boom boom time by myself.”