10 posts tagged ‘travel’
Vintage travel guide accidentally becomes masterpiece of tourist horror fiction
Boing Boing,
Is Collins' Pocket Interpreters: France (1937 edition) the most pessimistic phrasebook ever published? What was meant as a practical tool for British tourists instead became an accidental masterpiece of travel anxiety literature, suggesting that a trip to France was less about seeing the Eiffel Tower and more about navigating a gauntlet of pickpockets, stalkers, and blood loss. — Read the rest The post Vintage travel guide accidentally becomes masterpiece of tourist horror fiction appeared first on Boing Boing.
Man banned from Thailand for accidental single-day visa overstay
From Fodor'sTravel — a firsthand account of a seasoned traveler who found himself detained at Pattaya airport and banned from Thailand. Why? He miscounted the days between July 30 and August 30. Kimanzi Constable, a business consultant turned digital nomad, was living the dream in Pattaya. — Read the rest The post Man banned from Thailand for accidental single-day visa overstay appeared first on Boing Boing.
Two Dead Bodies Were Found on a JetBlue Plane in Florida
The Cut,
A routine postflight check Monday night revealed two people in the landing-gear area.
This mouth-shaped bulding burps when you enter it
The Forbidden Corner is a weird and whimsical theme park in Coverham, England. This theme park isn't one full of roller coasters and thrill rides. Instead, it's a place where you can explore a surreal landscape of sculptures, mazes, and structures to walk through. — Read the rest The post This mouth-shaped bulding burps when you enter it appeared first on Boing Boing.
Teen flips out over 10-year-old coughing fit — forces emergency landing on not-so-easy easyJet flight
An easyJet flight headed from Antalya to London was forced to make an emergency landing in Italy when a teenage passenger flipped out over a 10-year-old girl's coughing fit. The frustrated 16-year-old girl screamed at the coughing, younger girl sitting next to her, according to Aviation AtoZ, and when the child left her seat to go to the bathroom, the teen followed her. — Read the rest The post Teen flips out over 10-year-old coughing fit — forces emergency landing on not-so-easy easyJet flight appeared first on Boing Boing.
Phew! Creepy alien on a recent flight turns out to be an optical illusion
A passenger was minding their own business on a recent flight when they came face-to-face with what looked like ET's homelier cousin. "I ALMOST LANDED THIS PLANE MYSELF" they Xitted, along with this photo that went viral. The thing in the photo looks like an ominous, hooded little alien sitting across the aisle from the passenger, staring back with one shiny eye. — Read the rest The post Phew! Creepy alien on a recent flight turns out to be an optical illusion appeared first on Boing Boing.
DEA paid "tens of thousands" to airline employees for targeting innocent passengers to steal their cash — DOJ halts practice
President Nixon created the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in 1973 to persecute Blacks and antiwar activists. Over 50 years later, it's still in operation, serving as an employer for sociopathic goons and drug cartel moles. And today the DEA is hopping mad because the Department of Justice (DOJ) has finally clipped its wings. — Read the rest The post DEA paid "tens of thousands" to airline employees for targeting innocent passengers to steal their cash — DOJ halts practice appeared first on Boing Boing.
20 Best Travel Gift Ideas, According to Flight Attendants
They’ll be ready to hop on a plane right away.