Happy Tuesday, fans o’ Gadling. Here’s a quick look around the travel-related internets…
- The curse of the World’s Oldest Man strikes again. This time, it’s Japan’s Tomoji Tanabe, dead at 113. The cause? You guessed it. Motorcycle accident. (Kidding.)
- Slate’s business columnist Daniel Gross explains why the worst American restaurant chains are so popular in Japan.
- Chris Elliott lists 3 reasons the travel industry should end its war on smokers. My take: Instead of wide-sweeping smoking bans, why not let every restaurant owner, airline CEO, cruise ship operator, and bar owner decide their own policies on smoking?
- Brave New Traveler asks: “What’s your guilty pleasure while on the road?” I’ve got two: Buying t-shirts from every two-bit town I visit, and getting on the internet much more than I should.
- Over at Bootsnall, John Gamble takes a gamble on ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic tea from the Amazon jungle. My take here.
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