Category Archives: Books + Media
Time to Beer Travel [contests]
Posted by in Books + Media, Happy Hellidays, Water Water Everywhere
Tagged beer, Beer West, Emily Hutto
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The Accidental Extremist loves beer — much of the time it’s the only safe thing to drink! In fact we love it so much that we teamed up with Beer West magazine for a contest you can really drink to. Send … Continue reading
9 Days in Iraq [Happy Hellidays]
Posted by in Books + Media, Hotel Hell, Human Sacrifice, Nothing to Declare, Off The Map, Road Warriors, The Unfriendly Skies
Tagged Paula Froelich
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Writer Paula Froelich describes her recent 9-day vacation in Iraq including “159 checkpoints in one day,” wearing a synthetic fiber burka, hitting known-terrorist hangouts, and basically kicking it in “The Red Zone” for her upcoming story in Playboy, which you now … Continue reading
ONLY Weeks Left to Enter ‘World’s Unluckiest Traveler 2: The Rescue’ Contest
Posted by in Books + Media, Close Calls
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From High Seas Heroics to Airport Assistance and more, Travel Guard® North America Wants Your Random Acts of Kindness Stevens Point, Wisc. – (August 4, 2011) With only weeks left to enter the World’s Unluckiest Traveler 2: The Rescue contest, Travel … Continue reading
Here, a yarn by Wayward Betty writer Kate Clark, via Hairpin and Gawker.com, which picked it up. The moral? Go big, then go home. One of the reasons plastic surgery is cheaper in Thailand is that the entire process is … Continue reading
The Death Grin [Surgical Tourism] |
The dentist grinned at me. He was missing teeth. Several teeth. He stood in front of a small, sturdy building in a dusty town in southwestern China, sharpening some kind of crude metal tools on a stone wheel. Like his … Continue reading
“Oh yes, we have Ciprofloxacin,” says the woman behind the drugstore counter. “You have typhoid?” “Not yet. There’s always hope.” I’m a little cranky after a bone-cracking day in the back seat of a bus crossing southern Tanzania, followed by … Continue reading
Reaching the top of Sanetsch Pass, long used for trade and warfare, it became impossible to find the Via Alpina until we dropped into a dairy farm for directions and found a sympathetic ear. The farmer, dressed in her white … Continue reading
From the makers of Last Stop for Paul comes a new tale—actually, a whole series of made-up tales on Showtime—about what it’s like to go off the rails completely in search of something important while traveling. In the case of … Continue reading
Never Thirst [Life or Death]
Posted by in Books + Media, Human Sacrifice, Survival
Tagged Dangerous Liasons, Dehydration, Mick Conefry, Off The Map, Water Water Everywhere
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Here’s some straightforward handy advice from Mick Conefry‘s new book, The Adventurer’s Handbook: From Surviving an Anaconda Attack to Finding Your Way Out of a Desert. Read it, or risk dying of thirst next time you get lost in the … Continue reading
Magic Answers [Rites of Passage]
Posted by in Books + Media, Close Calls, Drive Like Hell, European Delights
Tagged Kate Erickson, New York, Rough Landings
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A spooky, beautiful essay from past contributor Kate Erickson on the power of travel, happenstance horror, accidental reveries, and becoming a New Yorker. I hated the dogs— two wobbly, stubborn labs I had not expected to be walking every weekend … Continue reading