Ramblin' Randy - Official Travel Blog of The Sultan of Slowjamastan

May 29, 2016April 17, 2020 By Ramblin' Randy

China

Long Time Listener, First Time Caller It was the moment I’d dreamed about and plotted for almost twenty years. I was in my early twenties when I came up with the plan: I figure I’d never be able to afford a first class ticket to Asia, so I’d sign up for one of those air-mile…

May 25, 2016April 19, 2025 By Ramblin' Randy

Ramblin’ on the Radio(s)

Besides travel, my other love is radio. I started in the business at 15 years old, and had my first real radio show when I was just 16. By the time I was a senior in high school, I was the full-time night DJ at the local radio station. I went on to become a…

May 9, 2016January 30, 2025 By Ramblin' Randy

Ramblin’ Randy Visits 40 Countries in One Day!

40 Countries in one day! Well, kind of… When a friend of mine told me about a special weekend in DC where a ton of foreign embassies open their doors to the public, I immediately sprang into action to investigate! Turns out, the annual Passport DC was just weeks away. I booked my ticket and…

April 24, 2016May 14, 2017 By Ramblin' Randy

Best Breakfast

I will never forget the morning I had the best breakfast of my life. I knew on the very first bite. It was like French toast mixed with crack and I was the fiend. Between bites I was probably annoying everyone at my table with my explanations of surprise and awe with how amazing this…

April 17, 2016March 26, 2020 By Ramblin' Randy

Travel Advice: 5 Reasons You Should Never Use Travelocity

Why I Refuse to Ever Use Travelocity Again…and Why You Should Too I was probably one of Travelocity’s most loyal customers. I’ve been with them since the 90s; since the concept of online travel was new. I’ve booked hundreds, yes hundreds of trips on Travelocity–from flights to hotels to rental cars. Faithfully. Travelocity even sent…

April 8, 2016May 13, 2017 By Ramblin' Randy

The Time(s) I Almost Got My Ass Kicked While Traveling

People often ask me the standard questions about world travel, like “What’s your favorite place you’ve ever visited?” I’ve answered that one a million times. But I really love when someone asks me a really good question…a different question…and I get to tell a story that I haven’t shared much. This week I got one…

February 17, 2016February 18, 2016 By Ramblin' Randy

Turks and Caicos

I had a three-night vacation planned at Atlantis-Bahamas; I was looking forward to relaxing and actually “staying put” in one country for more than two days. But I just couldn’t do it; by the second day in Nassau I was furiously trying to work out flights to and from Jamaica during my tight vacation window….

February 17, 2016February 18, 2016 By Ramblin' Randy

Jamaica

I ended up in Kingston for a night after I decided to abort a three-day weekend vacation in Nassau. I couldn’t sit still, and knowing that Jamaica and St. Vincent were the only two countries left in the Americas that I needed to see before I turn 40 (and my 40th birthday is only nine…