At Home In The Wasteland Travel Blog

The basement of a Pyongyang hotel isn’t the only place you’ll be able to gamble when vacationing in Asia. Over the past ten years, gambling has exploded in various cities throughout the continent, and casinos can now be found in many hotels in Asia. Discussed below are two of the most prominent Asian vacation destinations [...]

Good news for any Americans looking to visit North Korea this year – the North Koreans have lifted restrictions on U.S. tourists. Like visitors from other Western countries, American tourists can now visit North Korea any time of the year, are no longer limited to visits of five days, and can take the train back [...]

Great essay by Jonah Lehrer on the benefits of traveling and living abroad: According to the researchers, the experience of another culture endows us with a valuable open-mindedness, making it easier to realize that a single thing can have multiple meanings. Consider the act of leaving food on the plate: in China, this is often [...]

Not that it’s really been a bad year. Hell, I made it out to Costa Rica, China, and North Korea, so 2009 was quite fantastic. Except for one slight, uh, problem. A few weeks ago I was laid off from my job and am now unemployed. But more on that later, because I have to [...]

Via Transport for London comes this new ad campaign regarding the dangers of illegal cabs. Now if only DC had a competent agency like TFL to regulate cabs I might be willing to take them more often. London cabbies are truly the best in the world.

Yeah, I told you I was hooked on this new hobby, didn’t I? A couple of weeks ago I picked up my new shotgun, a 12 gauge Beretta 3901 Target RL. The best thing about purchasing a firearm in Virginia is that you can take it home that very day, unlike in California, where I [...]

The NYTimes has an excellent series of articles commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I was only seven years old when this happened, but can still remember watching the news reports showing Berliners attacking the wall with sledgehammers as they were sprayed with firehoses. What an amazing moment in history. [...]

I love this commercial.

coffee +NYTimes = Sunday bliss # Just read idiotic Thomas Friedman column. No longer in state of bliss. # Baking desserts with my big oil comrades # LET'S GO ANGELS! # Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for Wal-Mart # Eh, go Phillies? # Drinking organic fair trade whatever coffee in my Barack Obama [...]

Went to Ukrainian festival. Ate Ukrainian food and drank Obolon # going to Wal-Mart and buying ammo in bulk doesn't make me a redneck, does it? # making peppermint chocolate chip scones # Shut down Red Lobster! Endless Shrimp is an abomination to the Lord! # Tracy and I are going to tryout for The [...]