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One of the best sources for snappy commentary on world travel has to be Everywhere Member Sloan Schang (on the right, getting better acquainted with a fellow traveler). Sloan is currently sharing his travel photos and stories from Mongolia, Miami, Ireland, Graceland and beyond. I'm particularly fond of Sloan's tongue-in-cheek photo captions.

See for yourself! A great place to start is the articles section of Sloan's travelogue for stories on his adventures from eating tamales in Oaxaca to traveling cross-country in a 1977 Volkswagen . Sloan also took a few minutes off from his rambling ways to share a bit more:

What's the favorite travel story or place you've shared?

I'm pretty proud of being the first person on Everywhere to "discover" Pie Town, New Mexico, but I'm also fond of the "How to Get an Indian Haircut" story that was included in Issue 2. I like to use barber shops as an immersion into local culture when I travel, both in the U.S. and abroad. My first haircut in India was so shockingly exotic that it may forever be my favorite travel experience.

Do you have any previous travel writing experience?

I write for a living, about travel and everything else, but it's a fairly recent pursuit. Everywhere has been a great help in gaining exposure.

What is the one dream place you would like to write about?

Calcutta (Kolkata), India

Anything else you'd like to share?

I'm really looking forward to this presidential election. Also, I think Everywhere is pretty neat. I hope it lives a long and happy life.

Thanks! Here's a sampling from Sloan's travelogue:

"Go Barefoot: It doesn’t take a zen master to realize that the big, stinky pile of loafers outside the temple means you should take yours off too."- (from the story Don’t Be A Devadatta: How To Behave Yourself In A Buddhist Temple)

"Mao Zedong's cult of personality has long outlasted his reign as one of China's most notorious rulers. As a result, his legacy is greater than just questionable national social policies - it also includes a nearly bottomless treasure chest of tacky and hilarious souvenirs."

"Mongolian driver, Balaara, diagnoses trouble with his van. Surviving the wilderness roads of Mongolia requires patience, luck and a very large box of spare parts."

"It's almost 2 acres in size, 25 feet deep, filled with catfish and turtles and ringed by views of the Davis mountains. And the water temperature is always 74 degrees, just right for swimming on this sunny (and delightfully deserted) February day." (on swimming at Balmorhea State Park, New Mexico, USA)