An idiot’s guide to mezcal: Everyone’s heard of tequila, that yellowish booze we took too many shots of once and have sworn off forever. Far fewer people have heard of mezcal, a liquor made from the maguey (a.k.a. agave) plant of Mexico. While tequila is only made from blue agave, mezcal can be distilled from … Continue Reading →
Listen India… It’s not you, it’s me. I just gotta move on
Let’s keep this short and not make it any harder than it has to be. You have a beautiful Taj, and you make great food, but baby, you drive me so crazy sometimes. In the end I’d say we have a great time together, but this is goodbye. Plus, my … Continue Reading →
Welcome pornographers – sorry this is not what you’re looking for
When choosing our blog name, TD and I didn’t think about the implications of having “fucking” in the title. We just thought it was funny and apropos. Through our site monitors, we’ve seen visitor traffic come from some naughty search terms…
Escaping the heat in the Indian mountains
For anyone considering traveling to India, I beseech you, don’t come in the summer. It’s hot as balls and you won’t be able to enjoy 80% of the country. On the bright side, you can head to the mountains and enjoy the beautiful scenery, which due to snow, is inaccessible … Continue Reading →
Mumbai and Delhi – two big, hot cities
Continuing on our escapades, we headed for the biggest and craziest city in India – Mumbai. Okay, we actually couchsurfed in a quiet suburb and left the very next day for Aurangabad. But don’t worry, we’ll be back to Mumbai soon enough. We went to Aurangabad to see the Ellora … Continue Reading →
An explaination of our absence…TD sucks
Hello loyal readers – you may be wondering about the lack of entries as of late. You see, I (TD) am a clumsy, forgetful and lazy individual. This trifecta of qualities has resulted in situation where keeping you up-to-date has been very difficult. Allow me to explain…
How to travel in India without losing your fucking mind
Don’t expect a correct response to your question – In Indian culture, it is considered rude or embarrassing to not know the answer when asked. For example, if you ask someone where the train station is, they’ll say just down the road and to the left. This might be completely … Continue Reading →
Easing into India – Kerala and Goa
Phew – two weeks in India down and we’re still alive and sane. The most common advice we got about traveling in India was, “Brace yourself. There is travel in the rest of the world and then there is India.” As a result, we decided to go straight to the … Continue Reading →
10 things we learned in Helsinki
1. Finland used to be ruled by Sweden, then Russia, before gaining independence. Fun fact – they also supported Nazi Germany during WWII….whoops! 2. The city has a huge bunny problem. With thousands of these cute creatures overrunning the city, local politicians and newspapers mention the problem as often as … Continue Reading →
“Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.”
What comes to mind when you think of Sicily and it’s capital, Palermo? For me, it was the mafia, pizza and cannoli and not much else. I am ashamed to admit that I didn’t know too much about its history, culture or natural beauty before our visit. So when we … Continue Reading →
Tuscany is beautiful…blah blah blah…
Since the beauty of Tuscany’s rolling hills and ancient cities has been written about ad nauseum, we’ll just mention a few of our observations during our travels through Italy this time around. Puffy pants – Fashion here is quite a bit different than back in the States, but far and … Continue Reading →