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Gadlinks for Friday, June 5

Here's a quick look around the travel landscape:

  • Cracked brings us The 10 Coolest Foreign Words the English Language Needs. I've always loved the French expression, esprit d'escalier, which literally means, "the wit of the staircase." Said when you think of a great comeback just a moment too late... Ain't that always the way?
  • On the record, TSA workers throw away all that expensive stuff they confiscate. Off the record? Not so much.
  • Bootsnall suggests "7 Reasons Why Traveling With Your Parents Isn't a Bad Idea," including the fact that, hey, they pay for stuff!
  • Some of the most beautiful photos from Africa you'll ever see.
  • Rolf Potts chats (in English) with Romanian travel-TV personality Razvan Marc.
  • Vagabondish points us to the Six Creepiest Abandoned Places in the world. Check out the especially spooky Hellingly Asylum in England. Robert Brockway writes: "I would honestly be surprised if you weren't grabbed by the multi-headed corpsebeast of the long-dead madmen whose identities (partially erased by electro-shock therapy) have merged over time into a writhing ball of madness and terror." Sounds lovely!

Have a great weekend, Gadling faithful!

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