Traveling often means waiting: airports, transfers, delayed departures, and quiet evenings away from home. During these moments, many travelers turn to online entertainment simply because it is always available. Studies show that digital media use during trips averages more than six hours a day, which reflects how naturally phones and tablets fit into travel routines. Streaming video, music, social platforms, mobile games, podcasts, and online casinos are all used depending on mood and time available. These options do not require planning or fixed schedules, which makes them easy to use […]

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Most Taj Mahal tour rarely deviate from the script: you enter the Taj complex, stroll through its gardens, enter the main mausoleum to see the tombs, take a few pictures at the same spot as a million others and then leave the city. But beyond this Taj Mahal itinerary, there lie so many details most visitors miss out on. I have visited the Taj Mahal around five times now, my first time being when I was 10. Each visit taught me something new on how to actually experience this wonder […]

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Nick is better known as The Flying Naturist. He is a lifestyle blogger and content creator who shares what it is like to live a clothing optional life on his website, FlyingNaturist.com. He writes about everyday naturist experiences, from swimming and bowling to vacation. Nick presents himself as an ordinary person and advocates that naturism is not about showing off or being provocative, but simply a way of life. Q. Naturism is a lifestyle, but many people misunderstand it. What is your take on what naturism really means in its […]

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Matthew Polly is the national bestselling author of American Shaolin, Tapped Out and Bruce Lee: A Life. A Princeton University graduate and Rhodes Scholar, he spent two years studying kung fu at the Shaolin Temple in Henan, China. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Esquire, Slate, Playboy, and The Nation. He is a fellow at Yale University and lives in New Haven, Connecticut. Q1. Kung Fu, Chinese culture, and language were at the forefront of your life in your younger years. Could you tell us a bit about your background, and how your interest in kung […]

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With Missouri’s official launch into legal sports wagering in 2025, the Midwest’s entertainment map has shifted. The Show-Me State’s arrival in the regulated gaming arena puts it shoulder to shoulder with neighboring heavyweights like Illinois, Kansas, and Iowa. But legality is only part of the story. For sports fans, weekend travelers, and casual gamers alike, it’s about the full experience, convenience, pricing, culture, and game-day energy. From St. Joseph to the Bootheel, and across state lines into neighboring metros, the borderlines define more than geography. They now shape how and […]

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A must visit for any country music lover – this is the country’s longest running radio broadcast, dating from 1925 with the first show broadcasted on Nashville station WSM – now a 50,000 watt radio station that still broadcasts the Friday and Saturday Opry shows and plays country music full time (including being able to listen live via the Internet). Sirius XM Radio Channel 59 (Willie’s Place) also broadcasts these shows on the weekends. Remarkably these shows have continued uninterrupted – through wars, even a major flood om 2010 in […]

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The morning mist clung to the steep rice terraces as our jeepney wound its way through the mountain roads of Kalinga province. We had departed Tabuk City, the provincial capital, before dawn, aiming to reach the remote village of Buscalan by midday. The journey was as much a destination as the village itself—every hairpin turn revealed breathtaking vistas of emerald terraces carved into mountainsides, a testament to the agricultural ingenuity that has sustained life here for centuries. Kalinga, one of the six provinces that make up the Cordillera Administrative Region […]

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Originally published via Armageddon Safari: At the Thailand Cultural Center MRT, recently, next to the standard no-durian infographic — the king of fruit’s smell comes off as obscene to many people and is therefore banned from public transport and hotel rooms — there sat a new addition to the list of prohibited substances and activities on the subway: upskirt pics, later to be uploaded and monetized on some shady dark corner of the web. The posted official anti-upskirt warning from the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority The upskirt video/image industry has […]

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Romania’s capital is an excellent option for a short vacation or the beginning of a longer travel route, allowing you to better understand Romania before exploring its wonderful landscapes. I’ll suggest several city tour routes here to experience its best. Victoria Passage, the famous colorful covered umbrella street (Photo: Carmit Weiss) Short Walking Route We will walk straight to Victoriei Avenue, the street that is the beating heart of the city, with an abundance of shops, restaurants, and cafes. A similar distance along the avenue, and I’m at one of […]

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Introduction Amsterdam was not meant to change everything. For most business travellers and expats, it is just another European city on the itinerary—a convenient spot for meetings, conferences, or short-term projects. The plan is always simple: arrive, work, explore a little, and leave with some nice memories and a few photos. But Amsterdam has different ideas. Beneath the picture-perfect canals and tourist-friendly surface lies something more powerful: a place where temporary visitors accidentally discover what they’ve been missing. It’s not the museums or nightlife that hooks them—it’s the morning bike […]

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It has been remarkable to witness the dramatic advances in communication technology over the several decades I have been traveling. Before cell phones, I remember visiting my local AAA branch in California and requesting maps for my various destinations. I always went home with more maps than I needed including for destinations that were on my bucket list to visit. The maps were detailed and useful, but all time consuming to use – and especially challenging for solo travelers to try and navigate a paper map while driving. The global […]

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There’s no doubt that travel is one of the coolest things to do and a great way to experience more of the world. Whether you jet off to exotic destinations overseas or simply explore your own country, it never fails to deliver. One thing that all travelers need to have in their back pocket is a way to make the whole experience even more awesome. This is especially true for those periods of downtime every trip includes – be it waiting at airport lounges, hanging about for buses or chilling […]

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Kehrwieder Chocolaterie & Cafe is located in the heart of Tallinn, Estonia at Saiakang 1 (Raekoja Plats). This “medieval” style cafe is situated on a level below the narrow cobblestone streets. They have a diversity of seating, ranging from dimly lit cave style rooms to a garden terrace across the street to outside seating in one of Tallinn’s primary plazas. The most romantic seating is inside – a candle on the table, stone floors, narrow arched stone doors, high backed wooden chairs and even an old piano for those who […]

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Murrieta Hot Springs, California,  Geothermal Resort Review I first discovered the benefits of thermal springs as a young bride living in Southern Germany.  My life there included visits to picturesque towns which evoked scenes right out of the “Sound of Music.”  But nothing quite surpassed the rejuvenation and relaxation I felt after a dip in one of the many thermal pools that dotted the Bavarian countryside. I had the pleasure of soaking in thermal mineral waters in Baden-Baden and Bad Tölz, as well as in many other geothermal spas throughout […]

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Part 2. Bénin Republic I entered Bénin Republic through the Semé Border from Badagry. You can get to seme in different ways but since I knew the terrain I went in the most affordable way. From Mile 2 in Lagos to Seme is 5000 naira by a straight car but if you break the journey into 2 or 3 you spend only 2 or 3000 naira. My journey Began with a tragedy, not too far from the Red cross Offices. Right in my front ,There was a fatal accident involving […]

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