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Mummified

Posted on 15. May, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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We are standing outside a cemetery on the outskirts of Guanajuato, a colonial city located 370 kilometres northwest of Mexico City, preparing to enter Museo de las Momias (the Museum of Mummies). Our guide warns us that we may not like what we are about to see. She says that a number of tourists that she [...]

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The Fire Down Below

Posted on 10. May, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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The hunger pangs hit as we arrive in Georgetown, capital of the Malaysian island of Penang. We have been exploring the “Pearl of the Orient” all morning and it is now time to refuel. I suggest we stop for lunch. My Malay guide, Jacky, is momentarily taken aback. “Where?” he asks. This is novel, a tour guide [...]

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Another Roadside Attraction

Posted on 07. May, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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Canada. Big country. Big lakes and mountains. Big roadside attractions. I’ll leave it to the sociologists to explain why Canadians feel compelled to construct enormous sculptures of furniture, food, animals and household appliances. But there is no denying our obsession with them. You can find these supersized monuments in every province, along almost every major [...]

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Goodnight Hollywood (part 4)

Posted on 04. May, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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We have one more day in the City of Angels, just enough time to do some leisurely sightseeing. Mid-morning finds us in a taxi heading to the Farmers Market. We roll down busy Wilshire Boulevard and past the imposing, black-glassed Flynt Tower. On the sidewalk outside the highrise is a massive, six-ton statue of John Wayne [...]