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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Sod Abroad: The totally web 2.0 interactive survey

In order to celebrate, publicise, and generally go on about the publication of the spectacular new Tragic Travel book 'Sod Abroad' I've made a little quiz which will be extrapolated into The World Atlas of Disappointing Holidays™ showing all the most popular holiday destinations and the terrible things that can happen in them. Pop your answers in the boxes below. It's worth it - there's a prize.

What's your name?
This can be what Mum calls you, or what your friends call you, as long as it's a name.

Where do you live?
It's easiest if you put a city, then a country - for example Birmingham, UK. This will define your start point on our fun map.

Where did you go on your worst ever holiday?
Again, a city and a country is good: eg. Malaga, Spain. If you were out in the countryside somewhere, and you lived to tell about it, just put the nearest big town.

What is the worst, most disappointing, or most embarrassing anecdote you can bear to remember from your holiday?
Don't be put off by the size of the box. You can get a good 300 words in here. Might be easier to type it out in Word or something & then just paste it in though. Keep it semi-clean, kids might be reading it: Bum is OK, See You Next Tuesday probably isn't. Unless you ARE going to see me next Tuesday.

If you'd like to be considered for the gala prize draw, in which ten clever funny and lucky individuals get a copy of my spiffy new book 'Sod Abroad' pop your email address in here

I won't send you any spam. I haven't even got any spam to send.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Drug tourists expect 'quick fix' spirituality. Tossers.

Why travel thousands of miles to buy rubbish drugs when you can get the same stuff off a bloke with dirty fingernails in Camden?

Stealth advert for product reveals unpalatable truth

This piece about a jellyfish sting was so placed by the PR for sting-b-gone or whatever the hell they're selling.

Still, it's a timely reminder that the sea is full of things that don't like us.

They'll never sell us that can of anti-jellyfish spray though. Not while everyone on Earth has seen this clip:

Monday, May 26, 2008

The first GOOD travel news I've ever reported: Free Drugs! Yipee!

Bless those hapless Japanese customs officials and their Keystone Komedy Kapers.

Somewhere there's a lucky passenger with 10,000 Australian Dollars' worth of free weed.

AN unsuspecting passenger who flew to Tokyo has a large package of cannabis in their luggage - courtesy of a bungled Customs training exercise.

An officer at Narita International Airport yesterday stuffed 142 grams of the drug into the side pocket of a randomly-selected black suitcase coming off an overseas flight so that the animal could detect it.

"The dog couldn't find it and the officer also forgot which bag he put it in," a Customs office spokeswoman said.

"If by some chance passengers find it in their suitcase, we're asking them to return it."

Assuming they make it though customs at the other end. I'm looking forward though to this little mishap forming the basis of a defence strategy for some particularly chilled-out airline passenger. Are you listening, Paul?