World Hum’s Most Read: Aug. 30-Sept. 5

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A Tourist With a Shovel and a Hoe

When she arrived in Kenya to volunteer with the Maasai, Daniela Petrova looked down her nose at tourists there to have a good time. But was her own motivation much different?

How Should I Spend My Time in Spain?

Vagabonding traveler Rolf Potts answers your questions about travel

Paul Theroux: Invisible Man on a Ghost Train

Jim Benning asks the author of “Ghost Train to the Eastern Star” about his new book, aging and the challenge of disappearing in the age of the BlackBerry

Eat Ceviche in Lima

Grab a Cusqueña and get comfortable. As Nicholas Gill explains, a trip to a Peruvian cevichería can be an all-day immersion in good conversation and raw seafood.

Unsentimental Journeys: Wrestling With Paul Theroux

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My Travels, My Feet

After taking one too many headless torso shots of herself, solo traveler Sophia Dembling started snapping photos of her feet around the world, from the Grand Canyon to Red Square

Seven Reasons to Have a Foreign Fling

Sure, having an overseas romance is fun. But Terry Ward points out seven other benefits to cross-border love, mon petit chou.

$20 Million for Bedbug Bites?

One bite, two bite, three bite...who the heck counts 500 bites? 

Well, I guess if I thought each bite would be worth $40,000, I’d count ‘em too.

I’ve been backpacking across Australia and a few other countries for the past year, and if I got 20 million for every time i’ve come across bedbugs Í’d be a billionaire by now. The woman suing is ridiculous. Get over it already, it’s not the hotel’s fault, someone else brought them in and they can’t detect them until they bite someone. Lawsuits like this are the reasons why everyone hates the US so much, and if she is successful, I’d say the countries reputation is well deserved.

The reason this couple is suing is because the hotel knew there was a bedbug problem in the room they placed the couple in.  While it’s not the hotel’s fault the bedbugs were brought in by someone else.  It IS the hotels fault to still let that room be occupied by paying guests while still infested with blood sucking bedbugs.  The room needs to be off limits to hotel guests while being exterminated and until the room is bug free.

It is the responsibility of the hotel to provide a clean, safe and bug free stay for all guests, especially paying guests.

The hotel knew there was a problem and they put this couple at risk.  She was bit hundreds of times and the photos show her painful ordeal.

I hope she wins her lawsuit on some level.  It is unlikely should would get a settlement for $20 Million.  But she is trying to get the Hotel’s attention and with a $20 Million demand, she accomplished that.

It is the hotel’s fault.  They did know.  And thank God we live in a country where we have the opportunity to hold negligent corporations responsible when they put our health at risk.

The coffee was too hot. I always thought that was the point,but they won millions.Here this woman is trying to recieve a phenomenal amount of cash for an act of mother nature.Our country should be ashamed. God bless America.Only here could one become a millionaire because of bug bites