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Article: Festival in the Clouds

What's better than a retelling of travel stories? Photos! Join along with this couple as they attend and capture in images the colorful and exciting Goroka Festiva in Papua New Guinea. The Asaro Mudmen are calling for you!

Article: The Poetry of Peru

Journey with this traveler as he makes his way to live his story. Traveling through South America to end up with his muse. (from Buenos Aires to Cusco by bus)

Article: Bolivia´s Mardi Gras, La Paz, Bolivia

Only in Latin America can a festival devoted to Christ become a piss-up of this magnitude. Enjoy this traver's tale about a Bolivian festival - Gran Poder

Article: 28th International Bathtub Regatta, Dinant, Belgium

The International Bathtub regatta is made up of a mess of buoyant, ahem, well, bathtubs. The bathtubs are made from scratch, decorated and designed by bathtub engineers (anyone can participate and build their own). These fascinating vessels make for an interesting contest to about 20,000 spectators. Sort of like a bathroom excursion. See how it all went down last week on August 15th. Video at break.

Article: Thailand’s Voyeur Tourism, Chiang Mai

This traveler escapes Bangkok’s oppressive heat and seedy underbelly to see the ‘other’ Thailand, and ponders the ethics of voyeuristic tourism. Come see...

Article: Carozza 11, Southern Italy, Espresso Train

The best things to do when traveling is to observe your surrounding and what better place to do that when in an Italian train.

Article: What is a Ping Pong Show? Bangkok, Thailand

Ping pong show is not your ordinary table tennis match…there are no paddles, only a ball and a talented girl. The show paces its drama like a short story: it has its Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, with a manifold of climaxes before reaching the Conclusion. The shows make up a big percentage of Thailand’s sex tourism industry. They can be found in various red-light locations in Bangkok: Soi Cowboy, Nana Plaza, Patpong, Pattaya; and in, Phuket: Patong Beach.