What better place than Ireland to learn how to pour the perfect pint of Guiness? This is just the beginning of Zane’s fun in the heart of pub-land.

Tequila isn’t just a drink, but a place in Mexico — a magical place where Zane finds everything from the Jose Cuervo Estate to a restaurant that cooks all its food in tequila.

Once the trip is booked and paid for and by paid for I mean charged to the lowest interest card you have allowing you to dribble money into it while paying interest for months on end to eventually pay off the trip, you start planning. It’s interesting to think about the different philosophies of paying for a vacation.
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Zane explores the culture of Jamaica through the three Rs: Red Strip, Reggae and Rum.

(Okay, I missed it yesterday!) Whether tasting the grapes off the vines or getting bar owners to chug Cristal, Zane takes Champagne by storm, one flute at a time.

As you can imagine, the worst thing you want to hear at work is that you’re being forced to take additional vacation.  Such was my lot at my full time job, where because I had so much built up vacation time, this year, I needed to take an additional week off above my standard 3 weeks.  The reason for this, the company explained in a single font, 10 point e-mail is because they care about my health and well being.

Of course, being in Finance, all of us knew that the real reason was to move stored vacation time from one line on the balance sheet to a more street-friendly line.  Get rid of all that accrued vacation.
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Sure, Wales might be known for castles and rugby, but when Zane hits its shores, it’s time for one pub after another.

In preparing for my trip starting today, I completely forgot to post the next episode of Three Sheets.

Only Zane would be willing to drink something Coasta Ricans call “The Gringo Killer.” If he can survive that, he’s got crocodiles, monkeys, and local coffee hangover cures waiting for him.

Thanks to Hulu adding the ability to Embed videos, each Wednesday, we’re going to post an episode of Three Sheets from Episode one of the first season all the way to the last episode of season four. If you don’t know what Three Sheets is, here’s a description:

Can you say ‘I’m buying’ in 12 languages? Embark on this international drinking tour with comedian Zane Lamprey who takes you around the world to master the local drinking customs.

Yep, adult content. Enjoy…

In this episode: Flaming beer, a shot made of Brussels sprouts, and a chocolate hangover cure – Zane tries it all in Beligum, home to a huge variety of beer.

Over the weekend, we added our 10,000 travel story link to the site! Whoo-hooo. Where else can you get more travel news in one place?

Other news, today, if you follow our twitter account @TravelOTC, you’ll notice that I implemented our own link shortener. There’s nothing wrong with some of the other services, but I felt it would be better control that aspect of it. And it gives me better options for other things.

For those interested, I’m using a highly modified version of TightURL. At this time, no public interface to shorten URLs will be made available.

Finally, I’m working on a redesign of the site. I’d love any suggestions on what would make the site easier and better to use. We have a lot of followers on Twitter (nearing 2000 as I write this), but not many people using the site. I would especially like to see travel bloggers submit their postings to our site, get some additional links to you, etc.

Feel free to comment below or send me an email via the contact link at the bottom of the page.

Thanks!