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Hey there, Gadling Nation. Here’s your daily look at some of the most interesting travel links from around the web…

• Can indie travelers enjoy all-inclusive resorts? JoAnna Haugen at Bootsnall answers this question with the always-frustrating “It depends.”
• World Hum’s Tom Swick waxes poetic about the pleasures of watching TV in a foreign country, an experience he says will show you more about a country’s character than almost anything else.
• Over at Vagablogging, Colleen Wilde explores the drink of philosophers, tea.
• Czech photographer Vlad Artazov hilariously and poignantly turns nails into people.
• Pretty amazing visual representation of the ocean’s depth (click to enlarge).

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Time now for another edition of Gadlinks, your go-to source for all the most interesting links from around the travel blogosphere. Take a look…

• Traveler detained for having Arabic flash cards now suing the police. Good for him.
• Frommer’s? Lonely Planet? Fodor’s? Find out which one is best for what over at Vagabondish.
• Just in time for the Vancouver Olympics, World Hum has 11 things you need to know about Canada, including the fact that it’s the country to blame for Shania Twain.
• How is snow removed in Japan? Weirdly.
• Ever been pissed off because a driver didn’t give you “the wave”? Slate’s Transportation correspondent Tom Vanderbilt examines the informal hand signals of the road.

Welcome to another edition of Gadlinks, your go-to source for the most interesting links in the world of travel. Here’s what’s captured our interest today…

• Cute ten-year-old girl schools Anthony Bourdain. Very funny.
• Photos of Afghanistan’s national sport, buzkashi, in which the “ball” is a headless goat carcass.
• Christopher Hitchens calls North Korea’s government “even weirder and more despicable than you thought.”
• Some more amazing photos from Haiti, courtesy of the excellent Big Picture blog.
• Finally, the Rick Steves Drinking Game.

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There’s no better way to start the weekend than by checking out our favorite travel-related blog posts from today. Here they are in no particular order…

• This might be the coolest Flickr gallery I’ve ever seen.
• “I went to J.D. Salinger’s house.” Writes Mike Riggs: “Every sentence [in our ‘Salinger Hypothetical’ game] began with, ‘What if Salinger’ and ended in an absurd theory: What if Salinger hasn’t cut his fingernails in 50 years? What if Salinger’s home is staffed by Southeast Asian slave labor? What if Salinger answers the door in a dress?”
• World Hum’s Spud Hilton stands up for fact-challenged tour guides.
• Which is the world’s friendliest country? The answer might surprise you.
• It’s still faster than taking in taxi.

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The hysteria over the Apple Tablet and the State of the Union has reached a fever pitch. Calm yourself and your loved ones with Gadlinks, your daily look at what’s going on in the travel blogosphere…

• Over at Budget Travel, our own Mike Barish offers some vacation suggestions for Conan O’Brien.
• Want to own the “Miracle on the Hudson” plane? Here’s your chance.
• U.S. may lift its 21-year ban on haggis, Scotland’s national dish.
• 30 funny travel quotes courtesy of Brave New Traveler. My favorite is a Mark Twain classic: “Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.”
• Nomadic Matt provides some tips for how to backpack Fiji’s stunning Yasawa Islands.

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