2008 March

We’re Still Here! No, Really!

Like what you see? Subscribe to the full RSS feed. Merge © Mayr I wanted to send a brief thank you to everyone who e-mailed me within the past few days asking about the lack of posting. I promise that the entire Vagabondish staff is still very much alive and well. We’re working on some very, […]

Photo of the Moment: The Lost Hindu Temple, Indonesia

Lost Hindu Temple, Indonesia © Stuck in Customs

Tibet: Not The Fratboy Destination It Once Was

Tibet has always been a lovely travel destination. Whether you’re an old woman or a fraternity boy completely enamored with the philosophy class you took senior year to graduate, its a popular place to find one’s self. Tibet has also been in a state of political turmoil against the Chinese “abusive step-parent” government for […]

How to Define Travel: Which Type of Traveler Are You?

Nora Dunn explores the three main “types” of traveler. What kind of traveler are you?

Photo of the Moment: Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin

Bizarre Culture: ‘We Are the World’, Japanese Style [Video]

We Are the World is among the most famous and unmistakably recognizable songs of the last twenty-five years. It’s the only time I can recall during which such a massively famous group of music superstars simultaneously collaborated and produced a single song. … written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, produced and conducted by Quincy […]

Mass Transit Strike Hits Berlin

It pulses through the city, pushing people from the outer suburbs to the heart of Mitte, from home to work, to school, to concerts and exhibits, to friends’ houses, to sports events, to anywhere you might want to go. In the winter cold and wet, Berlin’s public transit network is a warm way across town. […]

Human Remains Found in Suitcase at Munich Airport

Evidently, it’s never a dull day when you’re an airport security officer. Officers at Munich airport were aghast when they uncovered a skull and bones in a suitcase belonging to two female passengers. The women were on a stopover on their way from Sao Paolo to Naples, and the reason for the morbid baggage was […]

Ask the Readers: Any Advice for Diabetic Travelers?

Every once in a while, I receive an e-mail from a wayward traveler looking for a bit of advice. A kind, young chap e-mailed me this morning: Hey! I love your website after just having discovered it a couple of weeks ago. It epitomizes the life I’d like to live for a few years […]

Photo of the Moment: View from the Duomo, Italy

One Hell of a Long Walk: Trekking the Camino de Santiago de Compostela

Nora Dunn explores the fascinating ins and outs of trekking Europe’s 800km Camino de Santiago de Compostela.

The Man Behind Florida’s Mysterious Coral Castle

A Latvian man built a castle. By himself. © CoralCastle.com It was meant as a monument to his lost love, his ‘Sweet Sixteen.’ Lovelorn in his native Latvia, Edward Leedskalnin fled for Florida, where he spent the next thirty years, building. He worked for most of every day, subsisting mostly on sardines and crackers. In his spare […]

Photo of the Moment: Jumping Into Oblivion, Croatia

6 Tips for Sleeping Well in a Foreign Place

Amanda Kendle reveals her top six tips to catching maximum shut-eye while traveling abroad.

Perfect Travel Gift: Kangaroo Scrotum Bottle Opener

Ah, what to buy that traveler who has everything? Paper shaving cream sheets? Cool, but no. How about a pair of sandals with a built-in flask? Clever, but what kind of message does that send? An REI gift card? Nah, too predictable. How about a kangaroo scrotum bottle opener? Bingo! Now we’re […]

Photo of the Moment: Sunset Beach, Auckland

Sunset Beach, Auckland © Chris Gin

Japan’s New Fetish Cafe Caters to Train Maniacs

If you have a thing for trains, railroads or nubile young railroad conductors, you might want to head Japanward, and check out the Little TGV bar in Akihabara, Japan (where else?). The bar, which opened February 21st, features waitresses dressed as railroad clerks, railroad themed decor, and is run by a fictitious railroad company called Shin […]

Princeton University Encouraging Incoming Students to Travel Abroad

© [Satbir] Remember when your father called you a touchy-feely Democrat for expressing a desire to go to Europe after high school? Hit back with an acceptance letter from an Ivy League school and then tell him that the first step to becoming a soulless, capitalist doctor/lawyer/cop/Indian Chief is “learning that helping people is not fun.” Princeton […]

Never Too Late to Try Paul Theroux’s Iron Rooster Ride

My father visited China a couple of years ago, and with a skill for getting chatting to interesting people that I was lucky enough to inherit from him, he met a middle-aged Chinese man in Beijing who was sitting in a park reading Charles Dickens. The industrial revolution hell of many Dickens novels is not […]

Dogs Leading the Charge in New York’s War on Bed Bugs

Two Beagles, Phoenix © freeparking The noses used to sniff out anything from cocaine to bombs are now being used to sniff out another menace – bed bugs. A New York company is offering the services of a pack of six dogs who can sniff out bed bugs from apartments, hotels and hospitals in New […]

Photo of the Moment: Moscow State University

Canada’s ‘Hangboarding’ is Equal Parts Hang-Gliding, Snow Boarding and Sheer Lunacy

Hangboarding - a new craze coming to a ski slope near you - is a combination of hang gliding, snow boarding, and well, sheer lunacy. Basically, you climb on to the hang board which is an apparatus suspended from a crane like contraption. Once strapped in, you’re suspended in air above the board. […]

Practical Trip Planning (Part 2): Creating Your Itinerary

Chris Cook continues his series on practical travel planning with a little advice on how to create your itinerary.

Britain’s New Mile High Club … Sort Of

Not to be outdone by the rash of sky high buildings spreading in the East, a group of British architects have proposed a mile high eco-friendly tower. The proposed construction resembles a vertical cylinder, and is designed to accommodate 100,000 non-acrophobic people, across 500 stories, besides space for hospitals, schools and shops for all […]

First ‘Schoolboy’ Fetish Cafe Opens in Japan

More fetishes from the Land of the Rising Sun. The success of homoerotic romances and manga comics has fueled the growth of an industry that’s targeting the female otaku – women who are also fans of animation movies, computer games and comics. In short: all things geeky. Tokyo’s Edelstein Boarding School At Japan’s […]

Bizarre Culture: Brazil’s National Underwear Day [Video]

Mention the words “Brazil” and “underwear” in the same sentence, and you know you have a really great show on your hands. The normally chaotic train station at Brasilia turned positively frenzied last month as 27 male and female models sashayed down the railway platforms in their undies. The fashion show was organized by […]

Photo of the Moment: On the Water, Venice

Skydiving Queenstown: An Acrophobic’s Rite of Passage

Nestled against violet mountains on the South Island of New Zealand lies the self-proclaimed “Adventure Capital of the World”: Queenstown. This alpine resort town has it all – a pristine recreational lake, nearby ski slopes and the gateway to some of the most scenic hiking trails on the planet. On almost every street, advertising brochures […]

Denver International Airport’s WiFi Blocking “Racy Sites”

© hansol As a resident of Denver, I can’t help but admire DIA. Not for it’s blocking of Vanity Fair’s website or BoingBoing.net, but because the whole thing is just a glorified group of tents with a subway system. Its a new-age airport, defining an era of architectural excess and American one-oneupmanship. While I commend DIA’s officials […]

Quick Contest Reminder: Win ‘A Map for Saturday’ DVD!

Just a reminder to our loyal readers that the Vagabondish weekly contest drawing to win a free A Map for Saturday DVD is tomorrow at noon. To enter to win, simply subscribe to Vagabondish by entering your e-mail address in the box to the right. (We promise never to spam you. Ever.) Note to RSS […]

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