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When the Gods Were Blind

Posted on 01. May, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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Wandering amidst Easter Islands’ stone heads, one glimpses how the world ends
To calculate the distance between hope and despair, one could sit on the edge of a 250-metre oceanside cliff on the South Pacific’s fabled Easter Island and consider the fate of those who once lived in the world’s most remote, inhabited place. At first [...]

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The Charismatic Adriatic

Posted on 01. May, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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We’re huddled outside Trzaska Koca na Dolicu, a two-storey hut perched on a col beneath the imposing walls of Slovenia’s Triglav Mountain, while guides Andrej Spelic and Miha Loboda fire off the morning’s pep talk like preachers delivering a sermon. Last night the matronly hut custodian spooned proletarian portions of goulash and polenta onto our [...]

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Amsterdam – 24hrs

Posted on 01. May, 2009 by BCAA.

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As Geert Mak, one of the Netherlands’ most prominent journalists, says: “The monumentality of Amsterdam exists only in the heads of its inhabitants, not on the streets.” But Mak means no Dutch put-down. He’s talking about the unshakeable inner security Amsterdammers possess, which means they have no need of grand palaces or broad avenues as [...]