Hope everyone’s having a great week thus far. If not, take heart– the weekend is nigh! Now here’s a look at what’s going on in the travel world today…
- World Hum’s David Frey chats with New York Times do-gooder Nicholas Kristof. On the joys of traveling in the U.S., Kristof says, “You don’t encounter a lot of warlords, you rarely get malaria or intestinal worms, and airports aren’t strewn with the carcasses of crashed planes. I love traveling in the United States!”
- My friends at the bookmark-worthy site Brave New Traveler make an appearance (sort of) on The Colbert Report.
- Tyler Cowen points to a Russian armored-car maker who’s outfitting its newest model, reportedly the most expensive SUV ever made, with whale penis leather trim.
- Over at the Anderson Cooper 360 blog, Art of Nonconformity blogger Chris Guillebeau lists the 28 things he wish he’d known before he started traveling.
- Finally, I’ll bet Antarctica is bigger than you thought.
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