Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Death Fun Facts & other travel related nonsense

I recently returned from Cancun & Cozumel. I know this, because no one offered me a mojito all day. Also, I was wearing a bra AND pants. The evidence is conclusive that my vacation is over.

Air Travel Fun Fact in reference to death - b/c all fun facts should really be correlated with the potential for death, yes?
The chance for the average American traveler, in the course of a lifetime, to die in an airplane crash is 1/5,552. The chance to die in a car accident is 1/247 (The New York Times, 2008). This is the fun fact mantra I use before and after downing dramamine and two mini bottles of amaretto as my pre-flight cabin check. 

The following link has an infographic. I'm a sucker for a good infographic, that and mojitos. This dubious data seems to report that Branson, Missouri is the #10 travel destination -- worldwide. I find this unbelievable, but I never thought Bush would be elected President once, never mind twice, so what do I know? But Branson. Missouri? German tourists must be the culprit. There is simply no other explanation.

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