Louise intrigues me. She’s been places I (shamefully) didn’t know even existed. The Land of Oz? She’s probably been there and broken bread with the Man Behind the Curtain; she’s just that cool. So, I dropped her an email to see if she would be willing to share some of her experiences in East Timor.
For [...]

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 | stories | No Comments

Okay, one last favorite from the ‘Embarrassing Travel’ submissions. For me, there is nothing as uncomfortable as running into a language barrier while traveling. And because of pride, and rather than risk injury to my self esteem, I clam up. You know, instead of saying a whole bunch of wrong words and looking like… a [...]

Thursday, April 3, 2008 | stories | No Comments

When I announced the embarrassing story contest, Drew was the first to respond. I don’t think I’ll ever forget his brief but shudder-inducing tale of woe.
How about the time I was traveling to Canada with three Vice Presidents from my company, my direct boss and his boss, and two other people for a two [...]

Monday, March 31, 2008 | stories | 2 Comments

I loved so many of the stories you submitted, so I will most likely end up publishing at least two or three - because honestly, sharing really is caring. Among the hilarity, credit card + train toilet, “Donde esta Barcelona?” and finding oneself arrested on a business trip - I mean, really people. You [...]

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | stories | 2 Comments

Name: Neil
Age: 30
Travel Resume: Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Nigeria, Turkey, Croatia, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, France, England, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Greece, Belgium.
One of my favorite traveling experiences, though definitely not the easiest or least painful, was my train ride from Budapest to Istanbul. I met a couple American [...]

Monday, March 10, 2008 | stories | 2 Comments

Name: Jen
Travel Resume: Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas, Costa Rica, Morocco, Belgium, France, Norway, Russia, Spain, Scotland, England, Ireland, India, China, Thailand, Vietnam, New Zealand and Australia.
I feel kind of dumb talking about traveling to Vietnam after it was called out as an exotic third world destination on Stuff White People Like. But I’m white and [...]

Monday, March 3, 2008 | photo albums, stories | 5 Comments

I’m pretty sure I smell like feet. Oooh, hey! Isn’t that a pretty picture from the botanical garden? See, even you weren’t distracted enough by the beauty of Barcelona not to notice how much I smell like feet. And it isn’t even my feet. My socks are clean and smell strongly of that super harsh, [...]

Friday, October 26, 2007 | stories | 8 Comments

“Are ya insured?”
His wife had already blown by us on her way up the stone steps, but the man in the green jacket paused briefly, to grin widely and crack a joke.
“Unfortunately not,” I answered, shaking my head.
“Brave girl then!”
I laughed. He was right - about the insurance thing. The view from Arthur’s Seat [...]

Monday, October 22, 2007 | stories | 6 Comments