Funniest thing

This month’s winner is MICHAEL BRANDT of El Dorado Hills, California:

It was a beautiful, sunny day in Bahamian waters, and there was a hypnotic spell about being on the open sea. I decided to walk on the cruise ship’s track, located on Deck 11. The track was one-tenth of a mile around, so 10 loops made a mile. It was a nicely laid-out track, freshly painted blue and located on the upper deck, overlooking the pool. 

I tracked my mileage using my iPhone’s GPS. In a short time, I found that, even at the age of 75, I had walked faster than a running...

This month’s winner is JOYCE BUNDGAARD of Denver, Colorado:

On a trip to Japan, I met a wonderful woman and we became friends, while I practiced my Japanese and she, her English.

She was telling me about her daughter’s new boyfriend. They were a happy young couple who had found love because they were both avid vegetarians.

I asked her, “How did they meet?”

She coyly answered, “No meat. Vegetarians.”

Tell us about the funniest thing that happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. (ITN prints no...

This month’s winner is ED SCHLENK of Marshalltown, Iowa:

Many years ago, when I was a young man traveling through India, I decided to visit the nearby kingdom of Sikkim. Sikkim was later absorbed by India, but in those days the small Himalayan nation maintained an air of mystery. For me, it promised to be a Shangri-la hidden in the mountains. 

I was in Darjeeling at the time and learned that the only way I could travel to Sikkim’s capital, Gangtok, was by hiring a taxi. Being young and on a tight budget, I was lucky to find two other travelers who wanted to...