Photo of the Moment: The Curious Poodle Lady of West Yorkshire © Vagabondish.

He’s got guts … I’ll grant him that.

How NOT to Sneak Through Airport Security [Video] © Vagabondish.

“Why me?” indeed.

Photo of the Moment: ¿Por que yo?, Chile © Vagabondish.

Might want to make a little room on the ol’ bucket list for this one, adventure travelers, because this looks freakin’ awesome!

We Twittered about it just the other day. Now The Daily Mail has a full feature write-up on the insane experience that is Crocosaurus Cove’s Cage of Death:

Inspired by the popularity of cage shark-diving, a tourist attraction has opened that allows adrenalin junkies the chance to swim with killer crocodiles.

All that separates thrill-seekers from the huge saltwater crocodiles is a five-inch thick perspex box that has, we are assured, undergone ‘extensive’ safety testing.

Fearless participants climb into the clear container – nicknamed the Cage of Death – which is suspended on a monorail track that runs above four crocodile enclosures.

Two grated doors lock into position on the top of the 10ft tall box which is then lowered into the water and comes to rest 2ft beneath the surface.

To ensure that the paying customers get their money’s worth, chunks of meat are tied to the bottom of the cage. The crocodiles instantly drawn to it when it enters the water.

The results vary from the crocs ‘eye-balling’ the swimmer, rubbing against the cage or going into a full on ‘aggressive attack’ against it.

For adventure travelers and thrill seekers, it doesn’t get much cooler than that. Short of finding a swamp somewhere in Darwin and frolicking around with wild crocs in your Speedo (which, by the way, we don’t advocate).

More photos and info at CrocosaurusCove.com.

Crocodile ‘Cage of Death’: Up Close and Personal with World’s Largest Reptiles © Vagabondish.

To anyone who’s ever dreamt of escape from the mundane – a mundane job, mundane relationship, what have you – Angus and Juila Stone’s Big Jet Plane is an ode to you.

The video perfectly captures fleeting, hopeful glimpses in the life of a retail worker (played by the incredibly beautiful Emily Barclay) who dreams of one day getting away from it all.

Embedding the video here wasn’t possible, but you can check out Big Jet Plane over at YouTube.

(Thanks for sending this our way, Stacie!)

“Big Jet Plane” Is an Ode to Everyone Who’s Ever Dreamt of Escape © Vagabondish.

Creepy, no? As one commenter on the above video noted, it’s like “a glitch in the Matrix”. It’s actually the result of something called the “rolling shutter” effect, which happens particularly in fast moving scenes where the action is happening faster than the image scanner is rotating.

Another equally bizarre example.

Is This Plane Going to Crash? Nah, It’s Just “Rolling Shutter” Effect © Vagabondish.

Photo of the Moment: Stunning Pool at Royal Myconian Hotel, Mykonos © Vagabondish.

Aptly named IWantOneofThose.com brings us “My Scratch Map“. It’s a simple, yet clever take on the staid wall map – a design that evolves the more you travel:

Imagine being able to subtly show off exactly where you’ve been on your holidays. Well, with the My Scratch Map scratch-off maps, it’s easy to make anyone who pops round feel thoroughly jealous of exactly how well-travelled you are. On first glance, it’s quite a classy-looking wall map, but if you carefully scratch off the places you’ve been on holiday, it reveals some lovely colourful and geographic detail.

The top layer of the map is gold foil for easy scratching, and you only need to rub it with the edge of a coin, scratch-card style, to reveal the gorgeous detail underneath.

I want one of those indeed.

Clever “Scratch-Off Map” Evolves As You Travel © Vagabondish.

The wood-burning oven at Marcello’s is probably the coolest I’ve ever seen. Don’t ask me to identify the cultural significance of it, whether it’s tribal or completely the product of someone’s imagination. I just don’t know, and neither did our server. Whatever it is, that towering head in whose mouth the burning fire cooks the pies is a sight worth seeing. And probably bowing down to. Note the fire extinguisher placed nearby in case the Pizza God spews flames in anger.

How very Joe Versus the Volcano.

Vancouver Boasts Perhaps the Coolest Pizza Oven Ever © Vagabondish.

Beer has had a rather interesting month. First, the culinary mad scientists over at Fun Fried Beverages gave us fried beer. Now, New York’s Diablo Royale Este has concocted The Hopsicle Experience:

… a frozen can of beer, sliced in half and served like a Push Pop for big kids.

It looks like your standard can of Tecate: Red. Cylindrical. Icy cold. Except the barman-witchdoctors at Diablo have taken the “icy” bit quite literally, injecting the beer with simple syrup and lime juice, jamming a wooden stick into the hole of the can and then putting it in the freezer. For four days.

The result is a genuine beer popsicle, which the bartender must saw in half with a serrated steak knife (or samurai sword) to open. Then it’s up to you to push the wooden stick upward to dispense the hopsicle in true Push Pop style, and decide if you want your savory sweet frozen joyride bathed in tequila as well (note: you want this).

I’m feeling an early weekend bender coming on.

NYC’s “Hopsicle Experience”: Introducing the Frozen Beer Popsicle © Vagabondish.