For a little diversion, you might want to check out Traveler IQ challenge, a very fun and quirky game on Trip Advisor’s website that tests your knowledge of world geography. Presented with a small world map, the game requires you to click with your computer mouse on the location of famous world cities and capitals. Having to navigate through twelve levels of difficulty from easy to very difficult, your cumulative score is based on both accuracy and speed of identification. I have played this game a number of times, and “the Great Ling Yai” got as far as Level 11 before he crapped out.

Playing this game on a laptop computer can be very frustrating, because the scroll mouse often has a mind of its own. While trying to click on the location of San Francisco, my mouse inadvertently clicks on somewhere out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Damn mouse! This is a great game to play when you’re flying on a plane somewhere overseas. Before I play again, I think I’m going to study an World Atlas so I can improve my geography knowledge. Hey….Where is exact location of Bishek, Kyrgyzstan anyhow? Must be somewhere near Pakistan, Afghanistan or one of those – xxxxxx stan countries, right? How about Alice Springs, Australia, anybody know?

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