There is a statue in Central Park from Alice and Wonderland that is delightfully odd. It features the well-known assortment of characters from the Lewis Carroll book, but the face on the Mad Hatter is, well, mad. I sometimes walk by a find myself looking into his bronze ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Strange Statues
There is a statue in Central Park from Alice and Wonderland that is delightfully odd. It features the well-known assortment of characters from the Lewis Carroll book, but the face on the Mad Hatter is, well, mad. I sometimes walk by a find myself looking into his bronze ...Karl Bushby's Goliath Expedition
There are epic trips and then there are...well, there is Karl Bushby's Goliath Expedition. Bushby, an ex-paratrooper is in the midst of undertaking one of those trips that truly flabbergast. He's trying to walk around the entire globe. The self-declared stats he has on his ...Driving Orientation Map
Heading to another country? Going to be doing some driving? Then you might want to check out Strange Maps' strange map of driving orientation. Plotted by whether a country engages in left-handed or right-handed driving, the map looks vaguely like a map of the former British ...Worldmapper
A very cool use of technology, geography and demographics can be found over at the site Worldmapper. They have developed a really amazing algorithm that allows you to see the world and the various sizes of the country therein, through various statistics. Countries look ...The World's Coldest Cartwheel
Few people get the chance to visit the south pole, and even fewer are thick-skinned enough to celebrate their arrival by donning a swimsuit to cartwheel across the snow in a -44.7°F wind chill. A girl by the named of Sandwich (she got her nickname from a sandwich-shaped ...National Geographic's Genographic Project
Having just gotten the results of my ancestor's genetic journey from the National Geographic Genographic project I can't say that I'm all that surprised about my findings. However, before I dive right into the details of what my own DNA sampling revealed perhaps I should ...Protecting Antarctica from Tourists
Chinese government officials have asked Chinese citizens to avoid Antarctica as a travel destination. Officials cited the fragility of the continent's ecosystem as the driving force behind the request. The country has not made this an official travel restriction, but the ...High Seas: Prefer Murder or Suicide?
We're not ones to fear-monger, but this story was surprising. Thursday's The Guardian ran a story about the numerous passenger disappearances from cruise ships over the past few years. It turns out that at least 30 people have simply vanished from cruise ships in the past ...License Plates of the World
The other day I ran across this website, LICENSE PLATES OF THE WORLD, which has got to be the largest collection of – you guessed it! – license plates on the Internet (and not just because the title is in all caps, but that helps). If it's not, well, then please ...Tip for Tipping
We have covered the very fragile topic of tipping outside the US before...it is a tricky one. I have seen a few website and guides which instruct tourists on tipping and I have never felt comfortable with any of them. Ehow.com for example, has a tip for tipping in the Czech ...Yearning for Antarctic Adventure
I saw this technical piece written a while back by a guy stationed in Antarctica. The article is more about writing code for a weather monitoring station than a description of life at the station, so you might want to pass on it if you're not the programming type. Anyway, ...Food Poisoning: Meet the Bugs
There is nothing like an episode of food poisoning that can wreck one's trip, change priorities, or--if it takes more than two days--even reconsider one's view on euthanasia. I have been there many times, either myself or in spirit with other people. Yes, there was the cheap ...World's Most Aggressive "Queue Jumpers"
One of the things that annoy me to no end when traveling are people who cut in front of you when waiting in line or as the British say "Queue Jumpers".
Part of the problem is that I never know whether I should just relax, ignore it and let everyone get ahead of me (I am on ...Long-Distance Relationships
Long Distance Relationships, or as experienced romantics say "LDR", are side effects of traveling which a lot of people find difficult to deal with. The romance, that seemed so perfect in Thailand, looks decidedly less reasonable in Oklahoma City. Is it worth it to keep it ...Travel Photo Tours
I switched to digital photography years ago, having purchased one of the old Nikon CoolPix cameras and I have since upgraded to one of the superb Nikon D70 XLRs. As happy as I am with this camera and its 6 megapixel images, the newest Nikons shoot in 10 megapixels and more. ...iPod Listening When U Travel
Like a lot of people, I have fallen so in love with my ipod that, after my wallet, it's the one thing I HAVE to carry with me when I leave the house. And before I go, I always make sure that it is loaded up with the most recent podcasts from NPR, as well as my Charlie Rose ...InFlight Magazines
Sometimes when you fly, you forget to bring along reading material. And when this happens, which is quite unfortunate, you are forced to either endure the in flight movie (usually something horrendously awful) or you pick up the airline's magazine stuffed there in the pocket ...What to Do at the South Pole on Christmas
There you are hanging out with friends, scientist and penguins in the coldest place on the planet. It is dark. It is Christmas. What on earth do you do with your time. A fine question, but one that seems to have been answered rather well by this group of Santa Happy ...SF Chronicle's Annual Geography Quiz
My Monday morning hasn't even gone into full swing yet and I've already managed to burn-out my brain. The coal from last night's sleep still rests in my eyes and no, I didn't wash my face yet, I roll out of bed and blog before all that happens. What I'm trying to say my ...Lonely Planet's Blue List
Here at gadling, we're all about finding new travel ideas. And equally, we're about pointing you to places where those ideas are most abundant. Well, where abundance is concerned, I have just closed the covers on a cornucopia of ideas that, frankly, has me feeling a little ...
