“There are three trips you take to India: the one you think you’re going to have – that you plan for; the one you actually have; and the one you live through once you go back home.” – Erin Reese
How not to speak Spanish
It’s important to learn a bit of the local language when you visit a country. Former soccer player Vinnie Jones offers these pointers in a mobile phone advertisement on how to habla a bit of Castellano the next time you visit Spain. I love his accent, both of them!
I don’t care if you call yourself a tourist or a traveller, what’s more important is to be an explorer.
I don’t care if you call yourself a tourist or a traveller, what’s more important is to be an explorer.
Play the GeoGuessr geography game
Guess where you are in the world from a scene from Google Street View. It is insanely addictive.
Canada has more lakes than any other country.
No one has ever counted all of the lakes in Canada, but it accounts for 60% of all the lakes in the world. If you’re counting lakes that are larger than 3 square kilometres in size, then the country has 31,752 of them.