The term Ugly American has been around for a while to describe shitty tourists, but that's really not a fair moniker. Americans aren't the worst of the lot - not by a longshot. That honor goes to the United Kingdom, and has for the better half of a millenium. If those #ladsontour aren't puking on a … [Read more...]
An Interview with the Pommy Abroad
If you're paying attention to the front page at all, you saw the interview I posted a few days ago. "An Interview with the Elsewhere Man!" Boy howdy, did I come off as charming or what? I announced in that post that I would be starting a collaboration with fellow travel blog Pommy Abroad. This … [Read more...]
Elsewhere Plans: Once More, With Feeling August 2014
One thing I learned entering the second year of Elsewhere Plans: it's gonna be a hell of a lot easier this year. Turns out, a lot of things worth going to are worth going to twice. Who know? I'll be updating as necessary, but much of the information is a foundation on which to build a solid Animal … [Read more...]
Elsewhere Plans: If you say you’re not having fun, July’in’.
This is a very special edition of Elsewhere Plans, because it marks the one year anniversary of the beginning of the feature. Man. 12 whole editions. Of course, I missed a month once, but let's go ahead and say it operates under the "13th floor of a hotel" principle. Just ignore it. I'm gonna do … [Read more...]
Elsewhere Plans: Boom in June 2014
And thus we enter the first real month of Summer for the northern hemisphere. Otherwise known as the hemisphere where shit actually goes down. With love to those crazy Southies, of course, and I'll take that back when New Zealand and Uruguay start pumping festivals out their wazoos, but the North … [Read more...]