Toronto man seeks Canadian for free trip
Jordan Axani, 28, from Toronto, Ontario, has offered free plane tickets for one lucky Canadian citizen to fly “around the world.” The requirement is that this citizen’s name must be Elizabeth Gallagher.
In March of 2014, Axani and his then-girlfriend, Elizabeth Gallagher, booked a trip around the world for Christmas. When the couple recently broke up, Axani took to reddit, a popular website, to attempt to give the tickets away.
Rather than cancel or attempt to change the name on the tickets, which wouldn’t be “worth the headache or money,” Axani asked fellow redditors named Elizabeth Gallagher to contact him directly.
Axani listed a few other requirements, noting that any interested traveler must have a Canadian passport, be “sane, smart, and (hopefully) interesting,” have the desire to travel with a lack of funds or opportunity, and be prepared to pay it forward. The lucky Elizabeth Gallagher, however, does not need to travel with Axani at all.
Several Elizabeth Gallaghers have come forward since Axani posted on Sunday.
“Among, those, I’m sure we’ll find someone that will enjoy the trip who also perhaps isn’t able to see these countries otherwise,” Axani concluded in an email.
Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Thailand
Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij, also known as TiAMO, was subject to an international warrant after being convicted by Swedish court of aiding copyright infringement in 2009. Neij, 36, was discovered in the northeastern town of Nong Khai.
Neij was given a one-year sentence and ordered to pay $3.6 million in damages, as were three others. He fled while out on bail five years ago.
Neij had been residing in Laos since 2012, and was detained when caught trying to cross into Thailand, where he had a house on the island of Phukat.
Pirate Bay is one of the world’s most visited sites, offering expansive access to pirated content. Another co-founder, Gottfrid Warg, was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to three and a half years in prison for the same conviction.
-Compiled by Alyssa Ottema