Words That Should Appear in More Travel Writing

Brouhaha: 'The sudden hike in room rates caused a right brouhaha among the residents of the hotel'

Rigmarole: 'It was a real rigmarole to get a train ticket in India, think Dante's circle of Hell'

Hell Bent: The Egyptian taxi driver was hell bent on using just 2 tires on his car'

Dawdle: 'Dawdling over a cup of Ethiopian coffee is a great way to kill an evening'

Ginormous: 'The central Angkor temple has a ginormous moat encircling it'

Chewing the Fat: 'I sat around in the Baliem Valley chewing the fat with tribesmen'

Gallavant: 'She was gallavanting around so much she lost her sense of direction'

Quagmire: 'Waiting in line to pay a bill in Argentina feels like you are stuck in a quagmire of bureaucracy'

Persnikecty: 'The fare collector was really persnickety about the bill I gave her, apparently it was too dirty'

Pig Ugly: 'The beach was so pig ugly even the local dogs wouldn't sleep there'

Lollygag: 'Don't lollygag when you cross the street in Saigon. You may end up with a broken leg or two'

Wherewithall: 'I wanted to climb Everest but didn't have the wherewithall to do so'

Alot of Ins, Alot of Outs, Alot of What Have You's: 'You know, I had a fantastic time, but there were alot of ins, alot of outs, alot of what have yous that I'm not gonna repeat'