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Hey there, travel lovers. Time for your daily dose of Gadlinks, a quick look at what’s going on in the travel world…

• Obama Administration to continue troubling Bush-era policy of allowing border officials to search travelers’ laptops without suspicion.
• Check out this entertaining slideshow of cartoons related to the horrors of air travel.
• Over at Slate, Tom Vanderbilt makes the dubious case for traffic tickets.
• Seven things they don’t tell you about teaching English abroad, including the ups and downs of always being a foreigner.
• In the most recent episode of Econtalk, one of the best darn weekly podcasts on the web, Duke economics professor Mike Munger chats with host Russ Roberts about economics and foreign culture.

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Hey there, Gadling fans. Here’s a look at what’s going on in the travel world today…

• How to use Google Maps to avoid traffic.
• Why limit yourself to apples, oranges, pears, and bananas? Check out these 15 Latin American Fruits to Surprise Your Palate.
• More fun with Google Maps: A blogger tries using the application to settle a boundary dispute between Kenya and Uganda.
• Some great advice from Vagablogging on how to tell your friends and family about your long-term travel plans.
• Argentina’s highest court decriminalizes marijuana possession after Mexico did so last week.

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Welcome to Gadlinks, your source for the latest comings-and-goings in the travel blogosphere. Take a look at what’s going on today:

• Check out Budget Travel’s awesome slideshow on the twenty weirdest hotels in the world, including one you can only reach by scuba diving.
• Self-professed Europhile Rick Steves discusses immigration and demographics on the aging continent.
• A fascinating story from Brave New Traveler about a traveler almost getting “busted” for eating during the daylight hours of Ramadan in the United Arab Emirates.
• Is America overrated? Is Europe?
• Eight reasons why you should make Riga, Latvia, your next stop. Who knew? [Wait, we did!]

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