I never get tired of people's inventions when it comes to smuggling stuff across the border. Take Jereme James, a 34-year old Californian man, who tried to smuggle iguanas into the US inside his prosthetic leg.
James was caught and convicted on two counts of smuggling and ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Man smuggles iguanas in fake leg
I never get tired of people's inventions when it comes to smuggling stuff across the border. Take Jereme James, a 34-year old Californian man, who tried to smuggle iguanas into the US inside his prosthetic leg.
James was caught and convicted on two counts of smuggling and ...Lonely Planet lists Ireland as the friendliest country in the world
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Sometimes you go to a place for its beauty or famous tourist sites. Other times, you simply go for the people. That's partially how I ended up in Ireland to work after college. In my humble opinion, the Irish are some of the nicest people on this planet. And now, there is ...Photo of the Day (6/6/07)
Check out the blues in this shot! It almost makes you want to sing the blues for not being on board the tottering sailboat. This photo was submitted by Matava - The Astrolabe Hideaway Kadavu, Fiji and it looks as though they're trying to win over some island deprived soul ...Tribe Wanted Surviving
When we first posted about Tribe Wanted, there was some schadenfreude speculation that the online creation of a "tribe" and the subsequent lease of a South Pacific island where members could live out their tribal aspirations, would eventually disrupt into some type of Lord ...Two Years Post Tsunami
This morning when I watched the news it was called to my attention that today marks the two-year anniversary of one the biggest natural disasters to occur in Southeast Asia. Footage of massive waves, bulldozing tiny tropical beach resorts in Thailand and water carrying the ...Local Fiji
I've traveled to places where they've never seen an American before. That's not too hard of a challenge. But, as far as I know, I've never been to a place where the locals have never seen a white person before.
There are many places on this planet where this is still ...Paradise is Launched
We posted a couple of months ago about a fantastic idea hatched by a couple of Brits: lease an exotic island for three years and populate it with a tribe of due-paying members who can visit up to three weeks a year. Like so many semi-utopian ideas, we were all curious if ...ISLANDS Caption Contest
Providing a caption for the illustration you see pictured here could get you and a pal an incredible trip to Fiji. To show how gung-ho they are about their 25th Birthday / Anniversary, ISLANDS magazine is looking to send the person with the most clever and creative caption ...Enter the Tribewanted Sweepstakes
Yup - I've long been the type to get geeked up over a good contest, but at least I don't keep my discoveries top secret so that no one else can enter. That would be wickedly selfish of me. Now STA Travel has this Tribewanted contest going on and I must say it's one of the ...Word for the Travel Wise (05/13/06)
The best part of having friends from all over the globe is having the opportunity to pick their brains about possible vacation destinations and better yet the local slang to help keep you sounding cool in hot, sunny places like Fiji. So for today's word I tapped into the ...Keith Richards Lands on His Coconut
Via E!Online.com: As if we needed further proof that
the members of the Rolling Stones are young at heart -- Keith Richards has apparently been hospitalized for having too
much fun on his holiday at Fiji's exclusive Wakaya Club. His activity of choice? Picking ...A Piece of your own Island
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Looking to buy a slice of heaven but a little short on cash? Well, if you’ve got just £120
(about $214) you can join 5,000 other investors to lease an island in the Pacific Ocean.
Voro Voro is a 200-acre island that is a 90-minute plane ride from ...Word for the Travel Wise (04/22/06)
Ah, Fiji, land of beautiful tropical paradise, shallow
reefs, clear cool waters and sacred caves. Who wouldn't want to take a vacation to the South Pacific Island? I've got
a friend I've been begging for years now to let me tag along the next time she goes to visit family ...One for the Road: 30 Days in the South Pacific
How about heading to the South Pacific sometime in the next 30 days? Consider this our virtual December Destination suggestion of the day. All you have to do to be transported is read the recently released 30 Days in the South Pacific, published by our friends at Travelers ...Wish I Was Paddling Fiji
Well there are several things I can think of that I'd rather be doing right now than sitting down at my desk on a Monday and writing. Let's see...hmm...Jacuzzi party at Hef's mansion...diving the Well there are several things I can think of that I'd rather be doing right ...A Kinder Lodging
Outside has a nice piece on eco lodging and a list of the world's ten best. Having done such great research they note that these eco lodges not only suggest that they cause no harm to the outdoors, but that they bring benefit to the whole community and economy. If anything ...
