VICE TRAVEL
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I Went to the Rehearsal of Nepal’s First Gay Mr. Handsome Pageant
The shades are mirrored, the denim is frayed, and the tension is sexual. But is Nepal ready for it's first ever gay beauty contest?
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The Best Little Hell House in Texas
I volunteered at a Hell House in Texas, where being gay results in dying of AIDS and premarital sex can lead the homecoming queen down a slippery slope of prostitution.
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The World's Most Depressing Museum Is in Iraq, of Course
Most cities have monuments to the past, so it seems appropriate, given the bloody history of Iraqi Kurdistan, that Sulaymaniyah's main tourist attraction is a museum devoted to documenting torture and injustice.
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Wastin’ Away in Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Casino
Cross the Long-Allen bridge over the Red River to Bossier City, make a left on Bass Pro Road, and suddenly you’re in a casino that doubles as a parrot-heavy altar to Jimmy Buffett, America’s beach-casual bard of good times.
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Film Bloggers Have Better Lives Than You
Recently someone got in touch to see if I wanted to fly with Johnny Knoxville on a private jet to Vegas and watch Bad Grandpa. I wound up not only sleeping in a hotel room based on the movie Flight of the Intruder, I saw the back of Ted Danson's head!
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The Quarter Hustle - Riding Along with a New Orleans Dope Man
Trading baggies for po' boys in the Big Easy.
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Earthships: The Post-Apocalyptic Housing of Tomorrow, Today
Concern over environmental devastation in the early 70’s led Michael Reynolds to begin constructing the sustainable homes called "Earthships" out of scavenged materials such as cans, bottles, and tires packed with dirt in Tres Piedras, New Mexico. After touring these new homes, I…
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Hell’s Warm Welcome
Hell is a quaint little village in Norway that’s the resting place of 1,600 souls. There are red-roofed houses, a post office, a grocery store, and even a church.
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Somaliland's Circus Performers Are Acrobats with a Social Mission
The performers draw people in with the novelty of the circus and then hit them with didactic plays on the major social ails of the country, like khat abuse, human trafficking, unemployment, and female genital mutilation.
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An Occupied Cinema in Rome
The Cinema America in Rome has been taken over by squatters, and they have been showing great films. When I visited recently, there were screenings of the hip-hop classic Beat Street and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Fringes
The Warrior Women of Asgarda
The ladies of Asgarda are self-proclaimed descendants of the legendary Amazon warrior women who, according to myth, once roamed parts of what is now Ukraine. We traveled to the Carpathian Mountains in Western Ukraine to attend one of Asgarda’s recruitment camps, where the ladies…
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I Got Kicked Out of America for Having a Guitar
US officials interrogated me for hours, strip-searched me, and eventually put me on a plane back to Europe, all because they suspected me of secretly being a professional musician.
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This Guy Is Walking from Norway to Morocco for Fun
He's been on the road since June, lives in a sleeping bag, and got an infection in his Achilles' tendon near the beginning of his trip. But he's having a great time.
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Getting to the Gateway to the Underworld and Inners of Alexander Binder
Binder spent three years making these photos, with endless trips down south to Sicily and the Aeolian Islands. Initially inspired by Iceland’s volcanoes, he spent days and nights lurking through Italy’s volcanic wasteland, watching the elemental forces at work and capturing uniqu…