What exactly is sold at a “gems and moist shoppe,” you ask?
Listen, your guess is as good as mine.
Just please, please don’t say “moist.”
(*shudder*)
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Photo taken in Santa Fe, Nueva Vizacaya, Philippines
Apr
23
A No Wang-Wang Zone
In the Philippines, “wang-wang” is popular street lingo for “blaring sirens.”
The country’s president, Benigno Aquino III,
associates the term with politicians and wealthy folks
who yell, shout, and otherwise abuse their power.
In Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport,
posters like this one are used to shame those
who try to sling their weight around and cut security lines.
So, in the spirit of the Philippines…
here’s wishing all your airports are no wang-wang zones.
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Photo by the well-traveled JD Andrews,
photographer & videographer of earthXplorer
Apr
09
Pringoooals
Spotted in Rome, this can of tasty potato-esque snacks
urges power to Gli Azzurri, Italy’s national soccer team.
You ask me, Julius Pringles has never looked more
proudly Italian in his cartoon life.
Apr
02
Exquisite Torture
It’s not every museum that can make the abject misery
of a medieval flail look this sunny and delightful.
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Photo taken outside Vienna, Austria’s Foltermuseum (Museum of Torture)
by Katharine Linke, a fan of all things sparkly and pretty
Mar
26
Hawaiian Time
The true spirit of Hawai’i, captured in one simple sign.
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Photo taken on the Big Island by my dear Danger Jill Robinson
Mar
12
The Last Wave
So…let’s recap.
In the event of a tsunami, you want me to run in which direction?
Towards the water?
Mmhmm.
Check.
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Photo taken on the Big Island of Hawai’i
by lawyer-turned-traveler, Suzanne Fluhr,
and included in this hilarious post
on her travel blog, Boomeresque
Mar
06
Rebel Sans a Cause
Why is this painting of James Dean emblazoned on a construction van,
you might ask?
Well, because it’s a construction van in France –
that’s why.
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Photo taken in Montpellier by my dear Christine Cantera,
scribe of the travel-addiction-enabling Miss Expatria
Feb
22
Caverns of Dudu
Some people think there’s nothing left to discover in this world.
I poo-poo the very idea.
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Photo taken at Northern Coast Aqua Sports
at Sosua Bay on the Dominican Republic’s Samaná Peninsula
by the intrepid travel writer, Danger Jill Robinson
Feb
20
Hooked on Delicious
The changing face of fish sticks,
brought to you by McDonald’s — and Hawaii.
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Photo taken in the beach city of Waikiki, on the island of O’ahu
Feb
13
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Photo taken (with shock and awe)
at the Royal Hawaiian Center in Waikiki, Oahu,
a commercial destination popular with Japanese tourists
