A Royal Piece of Crap
With the success Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Triology, Sweden–especially the west–has been placed on the map as a literary destination for those readers who indulge in crime novels. Apparently (and...
View ArticleBest Things to Do in Aruba Begins with a Choose Your Own Adventure
When Marissa and I first started dating, I always wanted to go out for exotic meals. Marissa liked her Rodeo Bar burgers or Cinema Restaurant salads. She was not the most adventurous eater. I liked...
View ArticleVideo: Dominica… The Nature Island
For the next few weeks (or more), I’ll be exploring traveling Dominica, The Nature Island, on Somewhere Or Bust. I figured we’d start things off with a trailer pieced together from some of the...
View ArticleA Visit to Kalinago Barana Aute
Before the Kalinago Barana Aute cultural center opened in 2006, the indigenous people of Dominica, many of whom had become banana growers, were feeling the strain of commercial farming. They just...
View ArticleDriving Dominica
It says something about a place when you can appreciate it just as much from the roads as you can from outside of a car. As I went driving Dominica, a country bathed in forest, watching it from the...
View ArticleHiking Dominica: The Best Short Hikes
Dominica has the longest trail in the Caribbean, the Waitukabuli National Trail, and one of the most intense day hikes in the region to the Boiling Lake. However, not every traveler has an entire day...
View ArticleThe Six Best Things to do in Roseau in One Day
Roseau, the busiest city on the island of Dominica, isn’t that busy. There is a bustling Saturday morning outdoor market where farmers sell their produce and the colorful shops juxtaposed with...
View ArticleThe Best Hotels in Dominica for the Concerned Traveler
Travel is about two things: escape and immersion. And escape has its many components: indulgence and comfort, indifference and delight. Most of these elements start and end with the accommodation. And...
View ArticleThe Six Best Things to do in Quebec City in the Winter
When most people describe Quebec City, they grant it the label North America’s piece of Europe. With cobblestone walks, fortifications, and quality spins on French food, Canada’s lovely little city...
View ArticleThe Ice Hotel Quebec City
Just fifteen minutes outside of downtown Quebec is four million dollars worth of ephemeral architecture. And it has the lifespan only twice that of a lightning bug. After only about four months, the...
View ArticleDog Sledding in Mont Tremblant, Quebec
When I pictured dog sledding, I wondered how the sleigh rider was considered an athlete. Beyond withstanding the extreme cold, what was the skill? Holding on tight? Dog Sledding Mont Tremblant As...
View ArticleHiking the Boiling Lake Trail
After fifteen minutes of walking past large-buttressed chatannyes and all the ingredients that would make for a creole feast, in raw form, the Bushman made his announcement: “Tarzan in the jungle, ah...
View ArticleThe Best Parks in Atlanta
In all the conversations that I’ve ever been a part of or overheard, pertaining to Atlanta, the city always seems to be the setting of terrible traffic, highway shutdowns after one inch of snowfall,...
View ArticleThe Best Things to do in Dominica in 37 Hours
Many people hop down to the islands for a break, but Dominica is a place far different from the other Caribbean nations. With its lush jungle covering most of the country and its rugged terrain,...
View ArticleThe Best Things to do on Jeju Island: From the Beautiful to the Strange
Jeju Island can best be symbolized by the yin and the yang. Everything beautiful on this Korean island, which sits off the tip of the mainland peninsula, is counterbalanced by something incredibly not....
View ArticleJeju Island Love Land and the Teddy Bear Museums
In my last post about Jeju Island, I went into slight detail about Love Land, the sex museum, and the Teddy Bear Museum. That post was pretty PG-13. Now we’re going NC-17; (though the bit about the...
View ArticleTraveling During a MERS Outbreak and a Nuclear Crisis
Before my departure for Korea, I had randomly tuned into the news, forever out of it after Colbert left the tube. The report had announced a MERS outbreak in Korea. It was a few weeks before my...
View ArticleMoving Away From Soju: Other Drinks in Korea Worth A Damn
Before arriving in Korea, all I had ever heard about drinking in Korea was that I was going to be imbibing plenty of soju. But that was actually the very last drink I had in the country, for Korea is a...
View ArticleBest Thing to Do in Tokyo: Ignore Travel Blogs
Before arriving in Tokyo, I had attempted to plot out my meals. I had enough time for seven. But as I researched the city, a place that has the most Michelin-starred restaurants than any other...
View Article24 Hours in Kyoto
I had come to Kyoto because of the photographs and the possibility that some ancient Japan could be incubated in a modern city. But when I had arrived, the city of Kyoto seemed like just another hot...
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