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Sahti - the taste of the forest in a metal cup.

Sahti - My Search for Traditional Finnish Beer

Another Finnish bar, and another Finnish bartender looking at me like I'm an escaped mental patient. And it's all because of my search for the traditional beer called sahti.

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Hike Destinations: Landmannalaugar Versus Tongariro

Hike Destinations: Landmannalaugar Versus Tongariro

Bacon or chocolate? A pint of craft beer or a wedge of aged gouda? The family dog or cat? All choices nobody wants to make. My favorite hiking destinations offer the same conundrum. So what's the winner - Iceland's Landmannalaugar or New Zealand's Tongariro Alpine Crossing?

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Serenity Now! – Four Places to Find Quiet

Serenity Now! - Four Places to Find Quiet

Sometimes, the din has to stop. You need to get away from TVs, traffic and the white noise of people-people-everywhere. But where? A slice of quiet seems harder than ever to find, but I have some ideas.

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Want to learn how to SCUBA dive? Thailand might be your place.

My First SCUBA Dive Experience - from Beginner to Pro (Guest Post)

SCUBA expert Rutger Thole shares memories of his first dive experience. Join this nervous newbie as he gets hooked on the underwater world and goes on to earn more certifications and visit cool new dive sites.

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Resident of Australia - not New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand - Not the Same Continent

A conversation with co-workers leads me to dispel some nonsense notions of Australia and New Zealand.

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“Heading There” Bloggers Show Best of 2010 Trips

Jan 11th, 2011
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My buddies over at the Heading There blog have collected some of their Best of 2010 review of cool trips. Yes, I’m in there. Besides my trip to Landmannalaugar, you’ll also get some Easter Island action, ancient ruins in Chiapas, monkeys and a slow boat to China. How cool does that all sound?

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Surviving My First 12-Hour Solo Bike Race

Jan 10th, 2011
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I just finished my first solo 12-hour race. Here’s what I learned about surviving a solo epic race effort – and what I thought of the Four Peaks 12 Hours in the Papago event.

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New York Times “41 Places” Travel Story is a Dud

Jan 9th, 2011
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The New York Times article “The 41 Places to Go in 2011″ is nothing but a guidebook to sucking money from your pockets while making you act like the docile, vacuous, stereotypical, Hawaiian shirt-wearing American tourists. It’s not worthy of what’s supposed to be the nation’s flagship paper.

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The Iceland Diaries – Day 3

Jan 7th, 2011
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Our third day in Iceland has everything from nearly impassible roads to steam explosion craters to friendly dogs roaming the volcanic plains. And a shower and soft bed!

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TSA’s Full-Body Scanner Policies are Baffling

Dec 31st, 2010
by WanderingJustin.
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I recently left Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport for a trip to Denver. This was my first trip since the full-body scanners started making headlines – and it seems the TSA is inconsistent and ill-trained to use them.

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My Travel-Themed Christmas Wish List

Dec 19th, 2010
by WanderingJustin.
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The holidays are a time for giving and receiving gifts. I’m not asking for anyone to send me presents. Instead, I’m offering my wish list for all things travel-related. If any of this happens, I’ll be one happy traveler.

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Southwest Airlines to Hawaii? I Hope Not …

Dec 13th, 2010
by WanderingJustin.
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Southwest Airlines Boeing 737

Soon, Southwest Airlines will fly Boeing 737-800 planes capable of profitably reaching Hawaii. But who wants to spend 7 hours on Southwest?

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If the Outdoors are so Great, Why do we Have the Indoors?

Dec 10th, 2010
by WanderingJustin.
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My cynical city friends love saying “If the outdoors are so great, why did we invent the indoors?” I figured nobody could answer that better than Addy, the backpacking superhero behind DressedInDirt.com!

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New Plane Inspires Hawaiian Airlines Fare Special

Dec 8th, 2010
by WanderingJustin.
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Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330

Hawaiian Airlines has a sweet new fare special to get you to Honolulu. And it’s taken the novel approach of linking it to the new Airbus A330 joining its fleet.

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A Call for Sanity Among Sports Fans

Dec 3rd, 2010
by WanderingJustin.
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Too many people get way too worked over being sports fans. You’d think they were playing for their favorite teams themselves. Here’s a call to sports fans to support their teams, but without the vitriol aimed at opposing teams and fans. Unless you’re playing, throttle it back a bit.

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