Aqaba
– “In Aqaba, Jordan, Sun and Sand in the Red Sea” (NYT)

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay: The Jesuit Province of Paraquaria
– “In South America, Missions of a Lost Utopia” (NYT)

Austin, TX
– “City insider: Austin, Texas” (Globe and Mail)

Caribbean Roundup
– “Caribbean, From A To V” (SF Chronicle)

Chicago’s Meatpacking District West
– “In Chicago, Slaughterhouses to Art Houses” (NYT)

Galapagos Islands
– “Vive the evolution” (Sydney Morning Herald)

LA Times Vintage Vegas Special
– “Ultimate low roller’s guide”
– “Hotel deals you can dig, baby”
– “It takes a whole lot of green”
– “Lucky you: Rates from $39”
– “The best things in town are free (or almost)“

Here, to fill the gap between P.J. O’Rourke’s Holidays in Hell and Jackass, comes the Vice Guide to Travel. The anti-hipster hipster magazine that brought you “Dos and Don’ts” fashion mockery, scatological humor by the truckload, and liberal-baiting editorial pranks, has just released their version of a travel documentary, in which the editors, regular contributors like comedian David Cross, and Mr. Johnny “Jackass” Knoxville himself, play a worldwide game of chicken in some of the most “extreme” destinations on earth. Among the stunts on the DVD: hanging with the Mujahideen at an arms market in Pakistan, hunting mythical dinosaurs in the Congo, tracking down the descendants of Nazis in Paraguay who’re keeping the Third Reich alive, and a visit to a training camp for “PLO Boy Scouts” in Beirut. As for tours of the favelas in Rio and the Chernobyl disaster site, though, how badass can you be when fusty old-school rags like the SF Chronicle and the NY Times got there first?




Previously:
- Cooking in the Danger Zone/ Bourdain Behind the Line of Fire