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I just returned to Cairo from a short trip Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Nothing too exciting, but the flight back was great. A guy in the seat in front of me was a first time flier and scared shitless. He kept jumping off his seat and shouting things like...

When you travel, there are always certain hassles which are part of the whole experience: late flights, missed flights, idiots ahead of you in check-in counters or metal-detector lines, in-flight screaming babies, etc. After a while you kind of get used...

Okay, just in case there is the remote chance that anyone is interested, here is the rest of my journal entries during my trip to Europe in summer 2006. A full six months later, but better (too) late than never. they are retroactively...

This is going to be my last post on this topic. PROMISE! A few days ago I revisited the argument on the country counting criteria, and wrote about Lee Abbamonte, who is trying to be the youngest world-most-traveled person. Lee read my post and...

Not to stir up the dust already settled around the country counting criteria conundrum , but you can blame this guy . He is trying to be the youngest person to visit all 315 countries in the world, which is cool, but I wonder what his take on the counting...

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I got linked to this list of most annoying airplane habits via Gridskipper. While the "Incessant talker" is certainly a frequent annoyance, I personally think that the 'Rapid Recliner' and "Crying Baby" should top the list of most infuriating in flight...

I just thought I'd let everyone know. Taking six credits in the Spring, and enjoying my new MA program in Economics in International Development. Glad I made the switch. I was getting sick of the acronym-bloated, buzzword-ridden business classes to the...

My usual hotel was booked full, so I booked a room in what turned out to be the filthiest hotel I've ever stayed in. The building itself was falling apart, the lobby is a mess, the elevator stank of a stench suggesting that it was also used as a...

How schexy am I in a toga? For explanation, see Mike's blog