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Stairway to Heaven

Posted on 26. Aug, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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At 3:30 a.m., I am rudely jolted from my sleep by a door-thumping wake-up call. Through the walls of my room I can hear the whinnying of horses–the Tenggerese guides have arrived. After donning several layers of clothing, I step out into the Javanese night. Although we are only 800 kilometres south of the equator, the [...]

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And the Beat Goes On

Posted on 20. Aug, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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From time to time, travel publications such as National Geographic Traveller and Outside magazine publish lists of the greatest travel books of all time. Typically, these rankings include the exotic dispatches of Paul Theroux, Bruce Chatwin, Pico Iyer, Jonathan Raban and Wilfred Thesiger. Conspicuously absent from most of these lists is the travel book that [...]

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Exit … Stage Left

Posted on 16. Aug, 2008 by Anne Rose.

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Comedian George Carlin once observed: “Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?” Here are a few more nuggets from Carlin’s repertoire:
“The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.”
”Ever wonder about those people [...]

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Day of the Dolphin

Posted on 14. Aug, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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We are sitting in a room, getting a dolphin anatomy lesson from a bronze-skinned Antonio Banderas lookalike in electric-blue swimming trunks. He points to a picture of the animal’s blowhole. “Don’t stick anything in the dolphin’s blowhole,” he says. “And don’t touch their eyes. They’re very sensitive.” He then points to the creature’s underside. “This [...]