Remember that time you went on that long trip and had that great idea to start a travel journal? Remember when you wrote two entries and then forgot about it? I know I do. But believe it or not, there actually are people who have the discipline to turn out updates, and one of the finest is Alex Budak, a pal of Where I've Been, who has been religiously documenting every step of his time abroad in India at TheBudak.com. A story decorated with pictures is posted each day, recording a trip that he calls "1 part studying, 4 parts exploring India."
Here's another thing about travel journals: We may publish them thinking the world cares to hang on our every last word, but let's face it--we can be pretty boring, and sometimes things are only funny or cool to us because they happened to us. Fortunately, TheBudak not only writes informative posts, but they're quite entertaining to boot.
Budak just returned from visiting the world's largest turban (pictured above), which might be too big for any human (except for Burt Reynolds). Ever wanted to purchase a novelty metal figurine of a monkey, but worried its pose is too... erotic? Yes? Well so has Budak, and he went to great lengths to make the gift a tad more chaste. He also learned the lesson to never stuff your gym short pockets with too many heavy items during a sporting event, as you will most certainly be pointed and laughed at by unforgiving children. And we are all better people now that we know Sylvester Stallone has made the inevitable crossover to Bollywood.
Budak has a deep archive of his past travels as well from all over Europe, and we can only imagine this is just the beginning of more international tomfoolery. Be sure to bookmark his page and keep up, and maybe he'll inspire you to be more punctual about updating your own travel blog (good effin' luck).
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