humor
Between language barriers, culture wars, and strange people at the airport, your trip is bound to be rife with laughter.
Curry for Christmas in Kathmandu
The first Christmas away from home, is always a somewhat surreal experience, it’s never Christmas as you know it. Here there was no snow, no cold, no Christmas trees, no decorations, no presents and no Christmas tasty treats. But that’s totally fine. I mean what do you expect? You’re not in a Christian country, it’s not celebrated here so if you want Christmas, you have to do it yourself.
Sh*t Happens - Lost Girl TravelPublished 3 years ago in WanderEat Sheep
I ate a sheep penis--here's why. It was the summer of 2009, and I was on Snack Street, or Wangfujing, in Beijing. Some of my friends and I had signed up to go to China, for what the school called “experiential learning.” I didn’t think I would really learn anything through traveling with my buddies, but I was wrong. Most of the places I visited in China barely remain in my memory. But not Snack Street.
Eating Around The World
For almost thirty years I was a globe trotter. My job was licensing cartoons and documentaries for broadcast on global government and private stations in close to one hundred countries and overseeing product licensing of the comic characters in the USA and countries where the programs were broadcast. I was the first American woman to have this position and was Vice President of Marvel Comics and later Executive Vice President of Filmation Studios. A few of the characters I represented are still famous today, such as Spiderman, Captain America, Hulk, Ironman, The Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, He-Man, She-Ra, and Fat Albert..
Alice Donenfeld-VernouxPublished 3 years ago in WanderConfessions of a Backpacker
For better AND worse, I chose an author by the name of Charles Bukowski to fill the position of strong male role model left vacant when my single father chose the bottle over me. "Find what you love and let it kill you" is an incredibly attractive turn of phrase to adopt as a personal mantra, and thankfully is equally difficult to accomplish when youth is in your corner. I have spent the majority of my adult life scouring the planet in search of that "Bukowskian bullet", but despite finding my fair share of them, every time I pull the metaphorical trigger, the chamber's been empty. The following tale is but a taste of my findings from a career of world wandering.
Christopher JonesPublished 3 years ago in WanderHow NOT to Travel in Chicago
When I was in bookselling the month of May meant BEA- that's the Book Expo America. Pre-COVID is was held exclusively in New York City, but there was a time it floated between NYC, LA, and Chicago. The year after I moved to Michigan it was in Chicago and I was excited to attend.
Judey KalchikPublished 3 years ago in WanderA Soul in the Tundra
Interior Alaska. An idyllic wasteland of rotting tundra and moose droppings. The mountains are too far away, the ocean is nowhere in sight. Instead the lazy Chena river churns brown with dirt and debris.
Mars: Now Open for Vacations
The COVID pandemic has caused problems with foreign travel on our home planet; now’s the perfect time to consider the Red Planet for your next getaway.
Alex MarkhamPublished 3 years ago in WanderThe Trip
At the time, I worked for a Toronto company that manufactured equipment for the food and pharmaceutical industries. My job was to assemble the equipment mechanically and sometimes travel to the customer's site to repair machinery or inspect it before the customer started production.
Gerald HolmesPublished 3 years ago in WanderTravel, Travel, Travel
Ever since I was a kid I found solitude and happiness when over the road or in the sky traveling to a new or favorite location. I enjoyed it so much that I found myself in the airlines several years later and moving into different positions in different locations. But times change and I grow tired of working for little to nothing and still required to put in the endless hours or being on-call when it is convenient for upper management.
Monkey on My Back
My alarm went off at 3am. I doubt I had slept but even an hour. What little sleep I had, was far from good, as I was not yet used to the rock hard mattress which seems to be the norm of Indonesia. I promptly rolled out of bed... had a quick stretch... splashed some water on my face... and brushed my teeth (using bottled water of course). I grabbed my backpack, which I had prepared the night before, and was swiftly out the door, excited, yet asking myself, "oh dear Lord, what have I got myself into?"
Foxy UnicornPublished 3 years ago in WanderI was traumatized by a trip to Niagara Falls
It was the summer of 2016. Once upon a time, my church's young adult ministry group took a day trip to Niagara Falls. The group was comprised of locals. The out-of-the-area college students had left for the summer.
Jessica FreebornPublished 3 years ago in WanderThat Damn Raccoon
Raccoons have a bad reputation, especially among campers. In my experience the ones living in the Florida state parks deserve it. They will raid your camp, steal your food or any shiny object they decide should be theirs, like some kind of forest pirates. I may seem a little bitter, well I'll tell you a tale that might explain some of it.
Billy KnightPublished 3 years ago in Wander