Crossing the Andes has long been the stuff of legend; a daunting task for the bravest pioneer climbers. The steepness to such high elevation and the harsh climate amidst rugged rock faces throughout this imposing South American range have provided a barrier that is especially difficult to traverse. If you’re a passenger in a coach on the trans-national highway, you often have serious doubts about whether you’ll reach your destination.
The Thrombolites Of Flower’s Cove
With a population of a few hundred souls it may not seem a lot different from other small communities dotting the island – except for one small detail: 650 million-year-old mega-fossils that grace the shoreline.
The Lion And The Rose
While it sounds like it should be located in the fictional land of Westeros (from the hit HBO series ‘Game of Thrones’ for the uninitiated), this exquisite Victorian B&B is in fact safely ensconced within the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Cappadocia: A Moonscape Viewed From Above
In the dry, dusty centre of Turkey, as the first light hits a strangely sculptural sandstone landscape, a giant nylon orb peeks over tall, spindly stone fingers. Then another, then scores more. Within minutes, the dawn sky is filled with 100 hot-air balloons; a candy-coloured kaleidoscope that is as mesmerizing as the strange moonscape above which it floats. A daily occurrence in one of Turkey’s tourism hotspots.
Viking Your Way Around Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula
Feel free to grab a Viking broad sword, shield and helmet for photo ops…or perhaps an impromptu duel. If fighting to the death I would suggest using the light well balanced battle ax over the sword.
The Kymer Rouge Genocide in Cambodia
In the course of less than 4 years, the Kymer Rouge exterminated more than 3,000,000 of its 7,700,000 fellow Cambodians. It did so with a determination and brutality rarely matched in living memory. Further, it did so with the cynical support of the United States, the United Kingdom and other western nations that have suffered the wrath of world wars on their own soil. Even neighboring Thailand found ways to benefit from this systematic extermination.
Einsiedeln Abbey Church: Baroque Survivor of the Reformation
This heavily decorated church is a rare survivor of the iconoclasm of Huldrych Zwingli’s Swiss Reformation.
Jessica’s Head
Sure the specimen had been nibbled by a few rodents and one or two bug larvae had migrated their way across the face…but considering how old it was the head looked surprisingly good.
The Story Behind The Story
Eyes glazing over, I stare at the library stacks. 940.5318. Two shelves stuffed full of books about the Holocaust and accounts of Allied soldiers. The cruelties inflicted upon human beings are heartbreaking. I denounce the evils of Hitler and his followers, but the shelves do not easily reveal this other story that I am seeking—an explanation of what my father’s family went through.
Poverty Revolts
Riots and protests are happening for a reason – we need to listen to those ‘voices’ and seek change as an entire nation.
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