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Amazon Native Women Give Great Massages

By mindfultourist

We’ll be the first to say it – we are the Gawker of travel websites.  We received this extremely funny-especially-since-it-isn’t-supposed-to-be-funny PR pitch from one Eric Schwartz earlier in the week.  As is our wont, we were planning on publishing it here and making fun of it.  Creative?  No.  Laugh-inducing? Oh yes.  Then we happened to... »

A Tourist’s Role in Archaeological Ethics

By mindfultourist

Remember the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan?  This was in spring of 2001, before most people had heard of the Taliban.  We remember it well and were horrified watching video of these incredibly amazing and larger-than-life sculptures that had stood for centuries being blown up by tanks and anti-aircraft weapons.  This is... »

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