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You don’t have to travel across the world to feel jet lagged from the travel. I know some people who have a hard time adjusting to a one hour time difference in their personal clocks!

Jet lag occurs when we fly from one time zone to another, usually when we fly in an east-west pattern. Jet lag causes our bodies to basically get out of sync with the natural rhythms to which it is accustom. How well the body falls back into those natural rhythms is basically how well it acclimates to the new envi… Continue

I’m sure you’ve all heard about the “Ugly American”. It’s a term used to describe the American tourist that travels outside of the United States but expects everyplace they visit to be just like the Unites States.

You’ve probably even seen these people here in the States. When they encounter stores or shops that aren’t as good as the ones they have at home they complain; when someone speaks to them with a heavy accent, whether it’s a local accent or a foreign one, they complain that people shou… Continue

I’m sure that by now all, if not most of you, have read or heard about the terrorist attack that was thwarted on Christmas Day, December 25, 2009.

There are quite a few articles about the incident all over the internet so I won’t go into details about the attack here, but here are a few links to the articles I felt gave the most information regarding the circumstances surrounding the attack; an Associated Press article on Yahoo and more details about the terrorist himself from Associated Press… Continue

So last month, I published a post entitled "Foodie Break #2 or How to Travel Without Really Travelling". I wrote a bit about how you could use a restaurant or food to help you escape a bit and travel back to, or get a taste for, the countries you most want to visit. Earlier this week I published a post abo… Continue