But I gravitated instead to the many displays of Tiger Balm in the airport pharmacies and gift shops.

Tiger Balm, made by the Haw Par Corporation of Singapore, is a pungent ointment made with menthol, camphor, clove oil, cajuput oil and mint oil, and is said to be able to cure everything from headaches, migraines and colds to arthritic pains, muscle strains and, according to one sign I saw at the airport, flatulence.

I was ready to buy a few Tiger Balm tins when a saleswoman sidled up to me and suggested I take a look at the tins filled with Electric Balm, which were stacked nearby.

“This product is also made in Singapore,” she told me, “But it’s less expensive and smells better.”

A box of 16 menthol-scented tins was 20 Singapore dollars, about US$16.

Sold. And this week’s pick for Souvenir Sunday.

Next time you’re stuck at the airport, take a moment to check out the stores. If you find something that’s fun, inexpensive and ‘of’ the city or region, please snap a photo and send it along. If your souvenir is featured on Stuck at The Airport, I’ll send you a special airport-related souvenir.

An inexpensive and easy to carry dragon stamp, to celebrate the Chinese New Year:

And these cool iPhone covers:

I’ve got some Singapore dollars left over… so planning a return trip soon. At least to the airport…

For a while, it seemed that digital cameras and camera-equipped mobile devices were making carrier-delivered postcards obsolete. But, for msnbc.com’s Overhead Bin, I found some apps that make it easy — and fun — to turn digital images into high-quality, personalized, and in some cases, scented postcards that arrive in the mail.

Cartolina Postale

Cartolina is predominantly a paper greeting card company with an app that allows users to send text and e-mail messages with vintage imagery, but last month the company rolled out the Cartolina Postale app that allows users to mail postcards that mix the company’s signature designs with their own pictures.

Postagram

Launched in April 2011 by Sincerely, Inc., Postagram allows users to turn a digital photo into a mailed postcard with a pop-out picture.

And then there’s Postcard on the Run.
In addition to a feature that lets you ‘sign’ the postcard with your finger, the company offers the option of sending Smell Mail.

Users can add a scratch ‘n smell coating in one of 11 different scents, including baby powder, chocolate, popcorn, bubble gum, holiday spice and Teen Spirit.

Those were just a few of the apps I found for the story. Other options for sending paper postcards via your smartphone include Touchnote, Postcardly and Halftone, which turn photos into vintage comic postcards.

I’m a big fan of free Wi-Fi at airports. And with a three hour layover at Copenhagen International Airport recently, I was delighted to discover that free Wi-Fi had been rolled out there just that week.

Even before the arrival of free Wi-Fi, the Copenhagen Airport (CPH) was delivering something travelers crave for: power to charge gadgets.

And not just power. Wireless power.

CPH is one of a handful of airports where travelers can recharge gadgets wirelessly via the PowerKiss system.

Passengers who have a PowerKiss ring – or who borrow one from one of the cafes or restaurants at the airport – just need to plug it into their device and then place that device on a recharge spot attached to a table or other piece of furniture at the airport.

It’s a great idea. Let’s hope it spreads.

This week’s treats come from Copenhagen International Airport, which began offering free Wi-Fi to travelers the first week in December (yay!) and where I found almost too many tempting and offbeat things to buy.

Here’s just a sampling:

In addition to jars of herring and what seemed liked a dozen varieties of black licorice, the gourmet food store at the airport sells packages of Danish-style hollowed-out-in-the-center hot dog rolls.

Viking statuettes are quite popular -

But, of course, so is candy. And in amongst the choices in the duty free shop was this Haribo offering of candy larvae.

Even though the package says “Kids and grown-ups love it so,” I left the larvae behind and instead chose to bring home this Lego airplane.

This week’s souvenir comes from Jon Douglas, who was kind enough to snap a photo of these traditional Vietnamese hats he found for sale at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) in Ho Chi Minh City.

Traditional Vietnamese hats at Ho Chi Minh City Airport

Do you poke around the shops when you’re stuck at the airport? If you see something that’s “of” the city or region and bit offbeat, please snap a photo and send it along. As a thank-you, you’ll receive a travel-related souvenir in the mail,

This week’s souvenirs come from San Francisco International Airport, where the Brookstone store has modern-day versions of Pan Am travel items;

Where several newsstands carry flight attendant-themed doll sets;

And where a new shop called Destination Green offers these cute pink (‘green’) cars that Barbie might covet.

This week’s souvenirs come from Memphis International Airport, where Ron Rundus – the Stuck at the Airport webmaster – discovered the Elvis shop, where it’s Elvis, Elvis, Elvis all the time – and where “Elvis” often performs at the airport’s Sun Studio Café.

Do you spend time shopping when you’re stuck at the airport? If you find something fun, inexpensive and “of” the city or region, please take a photo and send it along.

If your souvenirs are featured on StuckatTheAirport.com, I’ll send you a special airport-related souvenir.

There’s still quite a bit of a buzz around the new Central Terminal B at Sacramento International Airport, so my picks for Souvenir Sunday this week are a few items I spotted during my tour of the airport.

In addition to the cute bee above, I spotted this sweet bee-themed mug at the Sacramento Bee news stand in the baggage claim area.

And, over in the ‘old’ Terminal A, I found this classic:

For photos and a report of my tour of the airport, please see my previous posts here and here, and my At the Airport column about Sacramento International Airport on USATODAY.com.

Please join me in celebrating Souvenir Sunday: if you are poking around an airport shop and find something fun, inexpensive (about $10) and “of” the city or region, please snap a photo and send it along. If your souvenir is featured on Souvenir Sunday here at StuckatTheAirport.com, I’ll send you a fun travel souvenir.

I saw this and a few dozen other aviation treasures during a recent tour of the museum and spent some time in the gift shop in search of items to share with you for souvenir Sunday.

I liked this 38-piece 3-D Space Shuttle puzzle -

And this cute plate -

But my favorite items in the gift shop were these glasses celebrating the fact that Chicks Fly.