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MEMORIAL DAY
MEMORIAL DAY I came home to find the toilet had exploded. Not metaphorically. Sewage across the bathroom, the kitchen, the entryway. The apartment uninhabitable. I took photos, filed a maintenance request through the online portal, the only option available on a holiday weekend, and left.
By Tom Demar5 months ago in Wander
The 1003 Cross Country from Birmingham
Our taxi picked us up from the Travelodge at Aston just after nine and we knew we were on our way home after a few days in the great metropolis of Birmingham.
By Alan Russell5 months ago in Wander
⭐☆☆☆☆ (1/5) — “Didn't See No Hanging Gardens, Just Rude Babylonians”
We arrived at the Vaulted Building of the Royal Palace of King Nebuchadnezzar only to be informed there were no Hanging Gardens. The Babylonians then laughed at us for a solid five minutes before offering a palace tour for 50 shekels of silver.
By Paul Stewart6 months ago in Wander
The ethical rethinking of travel
I am a follower of all things Travel and Adventure, my eyes light up at the discovery of a new flight route to Armenia, A camel trek in the Western Sahara or a Windsurfing trip in Naxos. The thought of the unknown is what drives my spirit of adventure, I leave scribbles and notes in diaries about trips and ideas far into the future, even if they are not viable or I never embark on them, but each idea is what inspires and motivates me to keep taking steps to find what is over the horizon.
By Malachai Hough7 months ago in Wander
Back In The Poison Garden. Content Warning.
Introduction Earlier this year I visited The Poison Garden in Alnwick and shocked and surprised a lot of my friends across the water with the fatal capabilities of everyday plants that most people have around their homes. You can check that piece out with the comments here.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Wander
Heptonstall - A Most Gothic Village
Introduction When I go on holiday, I take photographs, and I store them on a hard drive, and put some favourites into a folder that displays them as my computer wallpaper, changing them every thirty minutes.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Wander
The "Alternate Route" Guide: Navigating the 2026 Sri Lanka Transit Shift. AI-Generated.
For the first two months of 2026, Sri Lanka was the undisputed darling of the global travel scene. The island shattered arrival records, welcoming over 550,000 visitors who flocked to our shores for the T20 World Cup and the blooming hills of the tea country. But as of early March, the "aerial bridge" through the Gulf—the massive transit corridor through Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi that typically carries over a third of our island’s tourists—effectively shifted into a complex logistical puzzle due to regional airspace closures.
By Hasintha Weragala8 months ago in Wander
Worth the Wait: Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. Top Story - March 2026.
Beach bumming in a small Caribbean beach town sounded like a perfect way to end our 6-month trip through Mexico and Central America. Or so we thought. The foul, fishy stench of rotten seaweed hit our nostrils as we stepped from the cramped bus and looked out at a rather depressing, empty, and underwhelming black sand beach. It was pouring with rain, and we had to quickly fish out our ponchos. We thought, this couldn’t be it, could it?
By Sh*t Happens - Lost Girl Travel8 months ago in Wander
Another Walk Through Hulne Park, Alnwick
Introduction There are three walks in Hulne Park, and I have written aboutmy walks here before, but this is my wander in 2026. I now always choose Walk 1 because you get some of the best views on this one. It's the light blue oneon themap below.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 8 months ago in Wander
The Kelpies and The Falkirk Wheel
The Kelpies The Kelpies A few years ago I was driving up the M9 towards Dollar in Scotland, it was dark and raining and suddenly I nearly crashed the car when I saw two huge hundred-foot-high horses' heads to my left-hand side. I had to pull over. I am not sure if I tried to take a photograph but I was dumbfounded.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 8 months ago in Wander
Tinkertown's Carnival World:
By Brian D'Ambrosio Tucked into the ponderosa pines of the Sandia Mountains east of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tinkertown Museum is a hand-built labyrinth of imagination, humor, and eccentricity. More than a roadside attraction, it is a folk-art environment—part carnival, part curiosity cabinet, and part autobiography—created by one man with an inexhaustible drive to turn ordinary junk into wonder. That man was Ross J. Ward, a carnival painter, sculptor, and tinkerer whose restless creativity produced one of the most enchantingly eccentric places in America.
By Brian D'Ambrosio 8 months ago in Wander
American Motels vs. Hotels
If you ask most Americans today what the difference is between a motel and a hotel, you’ll likely get a shrug. “They’re the same thing, right? One is just cheaper?” No, not quite. The difference between a motel and a hotel isn’t just about price or star ratings. It’s about how America moved, how it paused, and how it learned to travel.
By The Iron Lighthouse8 months ago in Wander