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A cubicle-escapee with an oddity addiction, I write about quirky getaways, offbeat attractions, and unique adventures. Find out more on my About page...Current Location
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Meat Market Macabre: The Gruesome Tomohon Market of Indonesia
Posted on July 18, 2012 | 45 CommentsTomohon Traditional Market, North Sulawesi, Indonesia WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES OF DEAD ANIMALS AHEAD Travel ain’t always pretty. In fact, it can get downright grisly. And nowhere is that more apparent than at the Tomohon Traditional Market in the hills of North Sulawesi, Indonesia – home to an entirely different sort... -
The Creepily Peculiar White Temple of Chiang Rai
Posted on June 27, 2012 | 51 CommentsWat Rong Khun, White Temple, Chiang Rai, Thailand I don’t normally get all googly-eyed and awestruck at temples (unless there’s a monk hell-bent on self-immolation out front, Zippo in one hand, leaky gas can in the other), but The White Temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand is special. Crazy, creepy, cool... -
52 Awesome Origami Art Creations
Posted on June 5, 2012 | 25 CommentsJapan Origami Museum, Narita Airport, Tokyo, Japan I’m a big fan of unusual things to do in airports, so when I heard on a recent stopover at Narita airport in Tokyo that the Japan Origami Museum was actually located within the airport walls, I made a beeline to check it... -
Travel Photo of the Week — Cockles & Mussels, Alive, Alive, Oh!
Posted on April 12, 2012 | 31 CommentsDinh Cau Night Market, Phu Quoc, Vietnam Who am I kidding? I don’t know a cockle from a clam. And I can barely identify a mussel from an oyster. All I can recall is that Molly Malone song from elementary school choir practice. But in my defense, I’ve confessed in... -
Cruising from Ayutthaya to Bangkok with @GetYourGuide
Posted on March 22, 2012 | 33 Comments“Today I would like you to try something different. On the boat today we have appetizer – special appetizer. Do you know durian? We have a saying in Thailand, ‘durian tastes like heaven, but smells like hell.’ It’s not durian. The appetizer today is fried grasshopper. We say, ‘Smells like... -
The Other Rat Race: Rat Hunting (and Rat Eating) in Indonesia
Posted on March 14, 2012 | 6 CommentsHow to Hunt and Eat a Rat Dweller of sewers. Abandoner of ships. Conduit of the plague. No matter what descriptor you attach to the lowly rat, one thing is pretty much universal — it’s the critter everyone loves to hate. Except, that is, in Tomohon in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.... -
Travel Photo of the Week — Bats! (wings sold separately)
Posted on March 9, 2012 | 20 CommentsBats at Tomohon Traditional Market, North Sulawesi, Indonesia The market in Tomohon, Indonesia is one of those places that you can smell before you see. And it’s pretty much a grisly experience for both those senses. One of the most ghoulish looking creatures on offer is the lowly fruit bat.... -
The Buzz on Burma
Posted on February 24, 2012 | 39 CommentsMyanmar’s been getting a lot of attention these days, and for once, it’s in a good way. The recent government reforms are leading to a kinder, gentler Burma and The Myanmar Ministry of Hotels and Tourism is engaging in a big push for more tourists – their goal is to... -
Putting the Grrr back in Green
Posted on February 20, 2012 | 48 CommentsGarbage Really Gets My Goat A couple of months ago in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, I noticed a kid — no more than 7 years old — take an ice cream sandwich his parents had just purchased, unwrap it, then waltz right past a garbage can and throw... -
Travel Photo of the Week — Peeping Tom Toilet
Posted on February 17, 2012 | 16 CommentsPeople are going to start thinking I spend all my days in the toilet. Previously I posted a sign from a Honolulu Loo and also a not-so-humourous graphic toilet sign from Indonesia. This one is from Thailand’s Pangsarapee Green Resort near Doi Tung, Chiang Rai – presumably to draw the male customers in....
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