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Memorable Travel Stories From Some Of My Favorite Travel Bloggers

April 6, 2020 By Bob Bales 4 Comments

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To me, travel is all about the memories and having traveled a lot in my life I have some great memories and travel stories. Some are wacky, some travel stories are funny, some are frustrating and others just plain crazy. In my travels I have been chased by Japanese police, all a big misunderstanding, spent time with a Nepalese family, had drinks in a bar with a few famous … [Read more...]

Strange And Funny Signs Found Around The World

January 2, 2017 By Bob Bales 26 Comments

Sometimes when you are traveling around you come across strange, confusing or funny signs. Sometimes this is due to a bad language translation but sometimes it is just funny. I have run across a few of these during my travels and am sure you have seen a few also. I decided to ask a few of my travel blogging friends if they had also come across some funny signs during their … [Read more...]

The Doctor Is In The House – An Interview With Travel Blogger Doc Wends

April 24, 2012 By Bob Bales 2 Comments

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I had a chance to interview Wendell Cagape, better known as "Doc Wends", who runs  Journeys and Travels travel blog. Here is what the Doc has to say. … [Read more...]

Why do People Read Travel Blogs?

November 12, 2011 By Bob Bales 11 Comments

    Why do people read Travel Blogs? Why do Travel Bloggers even waste their time writing articles?  When I decided to start this blog I did it because I thought it would be fun, thought I might encourage others to visit places I have been and give others an insight to places, travel tips and other useful and useless tidbits of information. … [Read more...]

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Profile Flipped Hi and welcome to The Traveling Fool. Born with a passion of learning about the history of different cultures, Bob Bales (aka The Traveling Fool) enjoys discovering people and places he finds off the beaten path that most tourists don’t know about. Often found with a cigar in one hand and a good whiskey in the other, Bob likes to write about what makes those people and places he visits special. Being retired military and having lived, worked and traveled from Europe to Asia and North America there is always a history and story to be told. To learn more about The Traveling Fool check out my About Me page.

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