He plans to spend the entire year not spending a cent. He will live off the land and others’ refuse, get his power from the sun and use his bike to travel. So is he a free-thinker or a free-k? You decide.

If you’re like me, you don’t want a holiday so much as to do something different, see something different. Frommer has published a book called “500 Places To See Before They Disappear” which list the interiors, buildings, sites and landscapes that they believe are in danger of disappearing before too long. There’s a review and some photos at The Guardian.