an excellent way to spend one's time

I've stopped taking the 'up' elevator at work. This, in addition to my walk to and from my car every day gives me an opportunity to read on my PDA. Sometimes I get lucky with the articles I glean and get something like this from Slate.

Three guys rode their bikes from eastern Europe to western China with a ridiculously small amount of cash in their pockets and not a ton of prior planning, it sounds like. Great ingredients for an adventure.