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Tourism in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Samoa in light of recent disasters {Gadling}
Oct 4th 2009 7:40PM The problems of flooding in Manila were caused by typhoons and not quakes. Padang is not a surfing spot, but the nearby islands of Nias and Siberut are.
Gadling previews Locked Up Abroad, Season 3 {Gadling}
Mar 27th 2009 8:27PM Somebody has thoughtfully put all past episodes on YouTube, broken up into 10 minute segments. Do a search.
So, what exactly is in your Homeland Security travel file? {Gadling}
Jan 10th 2009 2:31PM Go ahead and click the Identity Project link in Jamie's original post from 2007. Yeah, Japanese baby.
Indonesia facing alcohol shortage {Gadling}
Dec 16th 2008 7:35PM The problem with alcohol distribution in Indonesia has nothing to do with Islam. That's the slant on your story and it's wrong. It's all about the legal and licenced importer of booze who evaded taxes and has been barred from future imports. For more info, see www.balidiscovery.com or my site.
Humorous Sexual-theme park of sculptures: Art for the 18 and older crowd {Gadling}
Sep 23rd 2008 6:04PM It that the same place I wrote about as:
http://friskodude.blogspot.com/2005/08/loveland-on-jeju-island-korea.html
Rolf Potts talks about vagabonding with National Geographic Traveler {Gadling}
Mar 22nd 2008 5:55PM I wonder what Rolf thinks about when he watches that video clip of himself, over and over. I've done media interviews and been through the self analysis and the same self regret where you wish you had something you didn't, or you said something your wish you hadn't, or you just looked nervous and your facial expressions were young and wrong. I wonder if Rolf sees all that.
Rolf, I've been there, but mostly I'm going to question your basic support of the concept of vagabonding. I'm not sure about that concept as you promote it, maybe a short term thing for gap students, but a significant number of people are turning international vagabonding under illustriuous pretentioius into an excuse to escape from accepting any responsibilities in their lives.
Yes, the kids stoned in Goa, doing junk in Southeast Asia, hustling other Western tourists in Bangkok. You know the scene. It's not what you are promoting, but your promotion of vagabonding lifestyle might not be the best idea for a significant population of our American and European young population trying to figure out what the hell to do with their lives.
Carl
Spotlight on Nepal: The end of the line {Gadling}
Mar 17th 2008 9:35PM Thanks Jerry, a great article about a very important issue. Hopefully, Gadling will post more articles about the political situations and histories of places we may wish to visit. It's only with some historical and political background that you can really understand our world, and this article helps start the dialogue. I'd also like to thank the Gadling editors for letting this one fly.
Where on Earth? Week 44 {Gadling}
Feb 6th 2008 8:54AM Looks something like Lamai Beach on Ko Samui
More on Ugly Americans {Gadling}
Apr 22nd 2006 2:06PM Way off base. American travelers are almost uniformly enjoyed around the world for their friendliness, open personalities, and ability to engage the local population. American tourists are very, very welcome almost everywhere in the world, and most surveys put Americans at or near the top of the list. Well, Aussies are up there too, for good reasons.
Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards {Gadling}
Apr 14th 2006 2:43PM Eric, Correction: You do NOT need to be a SATW member to enter the Lowell Thomas travel writing competition.
