Category Archives: Travel

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April 16, 2012 – 3:32 pm

The BBC reported that former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi held a bunga bunga party featuring strippers in nun uniforms for his guest. Each dancer was paid $2000 for her performance plus tips. This information came to light during the testimony of a dancer. One of her compatriots was rewarded with the post of regional councillor [...]

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TOO LATE FOR THE HAIGHT by Peter Nolan Smith

April 13, 2012 – 4:49 pm

The bus from Sacramento crossed the bay in light traffic. Most everyone in the Bay Area had off Memorial Day. The uniformed driver exit off the bridge and entered the Transbay Terminal five minutes past 1. Once it parked in the depot, I grabbed my bag from the underneath storage compartment and entered the station. [...]

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BERENTI MISTAH by Peter Nolan Smith

April 13, 2012 – 2:52 pm

In 1991 I bought a round-the-world ticket for $1399 from Pan Express. The owner set up a magical itinerary. “New York – LA – Hawaii – Biak – Bali – overland to Jakarta.” John was reciting the trip from memory. He sold hundreds of these tickets every year. “What do you mean ‘overland to Jakarta’?” [...]

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THE FIRST FORTY MILES by Peter Nolan Smith

April 12, 2012 – 12:06 pm

In late May 1974 my friend AK, a blonde co-ed from BU, and I picked up a Ford Torino Squire to transport cross-country. The station wagon was parked off Centre Street not far from the Forest Hills T station. The owner was standing on the sidewalk. He looked at his watch. “You’re ten minutes late.” [...]

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The Smell Of Durian

April 11, 2012 – 11:26 am

Many Asian foods are alien to westerners. Insects, horseshoe crab eggs, and sum tam or spicy mango salad easily come to mind as foreign to the tongues of farangs, however the most unacceptable Oriental delicacy is the ever-malodorous durian. The stench of this squishy fruit is so disagreeable to non-aficionados that durian joined hand grenades [...]

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