If you ask 100 people, you'd get 100 different definitions of 'cool', but this Moroccan woman fits every last one of them. Watching her cruise through the Djemaa El-Fna (Marrakech's main square and the subject of this previous post) made me feel like real loser for walking across it all day on my own two feet. … [Read more...]
Conquering the Annapurna Circuit’s First Hill
After our pathetic first two days on the Annapurna Circuit Trek, we were fully expecting to see some of the people from our bus ride again, as they lapped us on their second go around 230 kilometer loop. To avoid that, we set the town of Ghermu as our goal for the day. It was only 9 kilometers down the trail, but that was 7 kilometers more than we covered on either of our … [Read more...]
Seoul Man Sports World’s Greatest Mullet
That is the look of a man who knows that his mullet puts Kentuckians and European hockey players to shame. Business in the front, party in the back and fabulous all over, this Seoul man works the camera after a long day of hiking in the mountains of South Korea's capital. … [Read more...]
Large Drunk Bikers In Seoul’s Hongdae Children’s Park
This little story relates one of the funniest things I've ever seen, but have been putting off writing about, because I have no idea how to accurately paint the hilarious picture. Even the word biker in the title doesn't quite give the correct impression, despite being the correct descriptive word. Doesn't make sense? I know. We'll get to that later, though; first a little … [Read more...]
What Does a $100 Dumpling Look Like?
It looks big. Very, very big. This "jumbo gyoza" (a Japanese dumpling known as pot sticker) sells for 9600 Yen, which is US $110 at today's exchange rates. If you happen to find yourself in Tokyo with a large group of extremely hungry friends, make your way to the Iidabashi district. Take a right after exiting the main gate of the JR Iidabashi Station and walk to the main … [Read more...]