Travel news: Best beer towns in USA, booted from Cambodia and more

Pictured: NOT the people who were thrown out of Cambodia for riding nude

Full frontal rudity
A trio of backpackers were booted out of Cambodia recently after a naked motorbike ride. According to AOL, a Scotsman and two fellow pranksters were jailed for two nights after riding past a police station in their birthday suits. They were subsequently deported to Thailand. No offense to Cambodia, but it sounds like their antics actually got them an upgrade.

Sibling revelry
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has once again declared Chicago’s O’Hare International the world’s busiest airport. According to CNN, it topped Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson for the first time in a decade in total flights by more than 13,000—although Atlanta still handles more yearly passengers. Given how sucky their football teams did this year, it’s good to see each city has something brag worthy.

They’re here, they’re beer, get used to it
What are the best beer towns in the USA? According to Conde Nast Traveler, Cleveland with its myriad small-batch start ups is America’s new top brew town, while the list is rounded out by Asheville, NC, Minneapolis, Grand Rapids, MI, San Diego and, finally, New York City.

The Iceman runneth
The luck of the Irish and a strong set of lungs apparently pay off. According to Yahoo! Travel, Irishmen Keith Whyte is the winner of this year’s Antarctic Ice 100K, a chilly ultramarathon that happens every January in Antarctica where temps hovered around 14 degrees at this year’s race. Whyte completed the race in 9 hours, 26 minutes and 2 seconds.

Suns of anarchy
A daring duo is aiming for a sun-kissed world record. According to New York Daily News, pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg are embarking on a round the world journey in March in an aircraft powered exclusively by the sun’s energy.  If successful, the 500-hour flight will earn a world record in aviation and another in how much time two people can spend together without killing each other.

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