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Life's simple pleasures are the best, especially when Mother Nature puts hurdles in your way and you find a way around it. In this post, the hurdle was rather huge: millions of years of rock and water, all part of living in Sandoy, the first of the five southern islands that make up…
Hardly! And, so, here's another post for those with palpable wanderlust. Are you the type? Do you long to see everywhere on the planet before you shuffle off this mortal coil? Do you have no problems with wandering through the weeds or the woods to find yourself in nowhere, so to speak?…
As of this writing, it's January 30, 2024, the planet is still on fire. We humans are not getting it. It's not like we don't know what's happening, or why, or how to fix it. According to NOAA's 2023 Annual Climate Report the combined land and ocean temperature has increased at an…
Thanks for the memories. Although this post is devoted to a well-known and beloved chain of US stores, Sears & Roebuck, the brand was - and still is - remembered almost everywhere. If you needed to buy something, Sears was almost always the first stop: they would inevitably have it. In its…
It's been a while, but we're back with another episode of Never Too Small, the fab and clever YouTube channel that highlights how smart humans can be when confronted with predicaments: in this case, small living quarters. We have several episodes on our site, and they always impress us with their ingenuity, creativity…
Like it or not, after decades of scorn and pushback, followed by love and admiration by many, monster trucks are here to stay, and in some of the least likely of places: specifically Asia and Europe, where some of these behemoths can fill up left and right lanes simultaneously. Still, people seem to…
We here at Matouring are not politically driven, but we do care about the world's people. Do you ever shed a tear for some countries and its people who take the brunt of the pain when another country steps on top of it? Can you think of any countries that might do that,…
Every so often, we hear of groups of people that fall outside of "traditional" society. Sometimes they are expelled from that society, or sometimes they simply leave. There are many, though, who find their place and thrive. One example of this are the Uyghurs. According to Wikipedia, the Uyghurs, alternatively spelled…
One day, very soon, the existing Powers That Be will shuffle of their mortal coils and, with any luck, the rest of them will wake up to the fact that the rest of the 8,045,311,437+ humans will want peace. They will want prosperity. And, most of all, they will want to be free…
We're always looking for adventure, no matter where it lies. And, in some cases, lies are part of the package. Our governments are sketchy at best, and there is so little that we know, although the electric interwebs are there, assisting the curious, the believers and the non-believers to allow the truth come…
Here's another one of those posts where you get to experience places that you may never see, but should. But this one is very particular, because it focuses on a particular place (in this case, Japan) in a particular city (Nishinomiya) and, amongst other joys, it hosts a delightful little (or should we say…
Apologies in advance for the mini-sermon here, but it always breaks our hearts when we see people unable to live their lives to the fullest due to geopolitical nonsense, as we are seeing now (this is December 2023.) Like a broken record, the same blindness and self-aggrandizement by a "select few" around the globe…
Some time back, we started posting videos from a UK content creator known as Wanderizm. Mostly based in greater London, Wanderizm takes what could be perceived as a mundane event - taking a city bus - and turns it into a relaxing adventure. And the videos are free. Now, that may not…
Up until a few days ago, we'd never heard of Mount Bromo, let alone get a hankering to want to visit. After some clever investigation courtesy of your editor's clever better half, we started to look into. It's one of those places that you will need to make a concerted effort to visit,…
Ahh, la belle France. We can never get enough of it. And there is lots to get. As of 2022, the most desirable places to spend your holiday time in France are 1. Paris. 2. Nice. 3. Lyon 4. Bordeaux 5. Marseilles 6.Strasbourg 7. Lille and, finally…
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship. Does that ring any bells, Cap'n? If you lived in North America or Canada in the 1960's you'll know that song - the theme from Gilligan's Island. …
If you spend any time on our site, you'll know that we always look on the bright side of life. As humans, we never asked to be born, but - hey ho - here we are. Your editor (and family) have been fortunate enough to be born and live in some rather desirable…
We love to look back at the past, although sometimes its painful having seen how little our species has learned over the decades. So, it's a bit of a thrill to be able to rewind to something unique and rather amazing that was born, faded away and then has come sharply into focus once…
We travel a fair amount, on a variety of airlines bound for an even larger variety of locations; some big, some small, some with luxurious airport (and lounges) and some that are bare bones. Every time we travel, we know that we're so fortunate to be able to fly at all; not all…