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Another Day, Another Blogger: Introducing Andrew Evans
Where was your photo taken? In northern Iceland, on a dusty desert road between Jókulsárgljufur National Park and Lake Myvatn. Scariest airline flown? It's hard to beat Aeroflot in the 90's, though I know some American airlines that are working on it.
Most remote place visited? I spent a week on Rangali-an island the size of a Manhattan city block near the equator in the middle of the Indian Ocean. It's so remote it has it's own time zone.
Person you'd most like to interview for Gadling? Paris Hilton. She travels a lot, she's named after my favorite city and probably knows a thing or two about life on the road.
Hotel, hostel, or other? Other. I always prefer the alternative: private villa, houseboat, train berth, tree house, hammock, or somebody's fold-out couch.
The most unusual food you've ever eaten? Pickled whale blubber, in the Faroe Islands. For breakfast. It tasted like French-kissing fishy grease from a brisket pan.
Leeches or mosquitoes? Leeches. You bleed more but they're easier to catch with chopsticks.
Worst place to catch a stomach bug? Incredible India. You can get generic diarrhea anywhere, but India keeps traveling with you weeks after your exit stamp. Show me your dust-covered souvenirs and I'll show you my amoebas.
On your next trip, you are forced to schedule a 24-hour layover. You have $200 to spend. Where do you go and why? Dakar. I've always wanted to throw myself into the whirl of that city.
Favorite means of transportation? Hitchhiking!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Willy Nov 10th 2009 9:13AM
Welcome to the team, Andrew!
Mike Barish Nov 10th 2009 9:44AM
Welcome to the team. Don't F up.
ANDREW Nov 10th 2009 3:32PM
Aw, thanks guys. Y'all are too sweet for words.
Grant Martin Nov 10th 2009 10:03AM
Good to have you, Andrew.
Scott Carmichael Nov 10th 2009 10:12AM
Welcome aboard! Keep your hands and feet away from the cage where we keep Barish.
Annie Scott Nov 10th 2009 10:15AM
Welcome! I just had a weird image of someone wading in the water and being attacked by leeches and screaming "Andrew!! Get the chopsticks!"
So, you know, thanks for that. :)
Good to have you on the team!
Aaron H Nov 10th 2009 10:39AM
Welcome to the madness, Andrew.
alisonbrick Nov 10th 2009 10:50AM
Welcome, Andrew! Looking forward to your posts.
Sean McLachlan Nov 10th 2009 11:33AM
Nice to have you aboard. I'm jealous of your trip to Iceland! It's on my shortlist, but because most of the other countries on my shortlist are so much cheaper, I keep putting off going there.
stephen Nov 10th 2009 11:55AM
Welcome, Andrew - I hope we get more details about the pickled whale blubber...yikes.
Brenda Nov 10th 2009 12:01PM
Pickled whale blubber, really? Sounds disgusting, but I'll try anything once! Aloha and welcome to Gadling, Andrew!
Heather Poole Nov 10th 2009 2:47PM
Welcome Andrew! Can't wait to hear all about those frightening US carriers....details please! Hopefully it didn't have anything to do with the crews.
Jamie Rhein Nov 10th 2009 3:56PM
That's some sky Andrew! Who knows, maybe Paris will let you interview her. Now that you're here at Gadling, how can she not?
Katie Hammel Nov 10th 2009 8:15PM
Welcome to the team Andrew! We'll have to talk Iceland sometime. It's my all-time favorite country. . . well, so far.