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The World’s Shortest Commercial Flight (47 Seconds) In Photos

Flying high over the Orkney Islands in Scotland

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a quick plane trip. It started on a Scottish island….and ended less than a minute later on a different island. This my friends is the twice-daily flight from Westray to Papa Westray, the world’s shortest flight. This 1.7-mile (2.7km) flight in Scotland’s Orkney … Read More

Unique Meteorological Phenomenon Worth Traveling To See

Unique meteorological phenomena like a purple lightning storm

We all know Mother Nature can be unpredictable, however sometimes she can also be strangely predictable. Or just plain strange. Or remain unexplained despite the best efforts of modern technology. Whichever it may be, the following unique meteorological phenomenon are all worth traveling for. Some of these events occur daily, like the massive thunderstorm over … Read More

Found An Abandoned Airplane While Exploring The Beach

Found this Nok Air plane in the woods near the beach in Rayong, Thailand

It all started while I was exploring an abandoned neighborhood at the end of my beach in Thailand that has been reclaimed by nature. Hundreds of luxury houses built but never occupied, roads completely overgrown, it was an unexpected find. However the best discovery was sitting in the middle of an overgrown field behind all … Read More

Armenia’s Little Secret: Ter-Ghazaryans’ Micro Art Museum

Ter-Ghazaryans' Micro Art Museum

Tucked away in the basement of an inconspicuous book store in Yerevan is Armenia’s coolest little secret and one of its biggest claims to fame — second only to becoming the first Christian country in the world back in 301 AD. They do like to bring that one up. Not much has happened here in … Read More

11 Mildly Disturbing Scenes at the Sex Museum in Gyeongju, Korea

The Gyeongju Sex Museum in Korea is officially named the Love Castle

Always a fan of unique and offbeat museums around the world, this adults-only museum is as captivating as it is titillating. There are no shortage of mildly disturbing scenes, statues and displays throughout the huge sex museum, however these photos are my favorite 😍 Gyeongju Sex Museum Also known as the Love Castle Children, close … Read More

Life in the Mountain Villages of Nepal Post-Quake

Nepal mountaintop view

Life at the top of a mountain may be beautiful, but it certainly isn’t easy. Add an earthquake into the mix and it becomes downright tragic, a daily struggle just to survive that is still ongoing. I’ve been in Nepal for four months now and this is an inside look at what life is like … Read More

Deported Because Of A Tweet: My Immigration Horror Story

I'm A Bad Tweeter

As I type this I am locked in a cell in an Indonesian detention center. Why you may ask? Surely someone who has been traveling the world non-stop for five years is smart enough not to get himself deported. Well, apparently I am not. However rather than being deported for some heinous act, like smuggling … Read More

How To Get A Job In The California Marijuana Fields

Did I ever tell you about the time I worked on a California marijuana farm?

Worth over $2 billion annually, California‘s world-renowned wines used to be its number one cash crop. They’ve been surpassed — err…blown away — by the marijuana industry, which according to a 2011 report is worth $14 billion, a whopping seven times that of the vineyards! And it’s growing every year. Analysts at Cowen & Co. … Read More

Where My Dogs At!? Dogsledding in British Columbia, Canada

Dogsledding in Yellowknife, Canada

The late December snow and ice crunched almost rhythmically under our feet as we approached the isolated dog kennel nestled in the backwoods of Whistler, BC. Dusk was rapidly turning into dark, but the fleet of Alaskan huskies designated to pull our sled were bouncing with energy like it was high noon. “Don’t let them … Read More