From the time when we’re babies old enough to understand the word “No” we’re made to keep our hands off the things that are most alluring to us. This extends to adulthood when we are not allowed to touch things in museums or touch things that we encounter in the wild. Andrea Paterson discusses the compulsion to touch that which is forbidden and explores the human desire to experience the world in a tactile way.
The Fallen Traveller, Part 2: Honeymoon and the Cathedral
In Part 1 of “The Fallen Traveller” a young man falls from a Barcelona work of art. In Part 2, Darcy and Alison visit Gaudi’s cathedral, where nothing is accidental.
The Fallen Traveller, Part I – Gaudi and the Fall
This week we proudly feature a remarkable travel series from Darcy Rhyno, centred around a young man’s shocking fall from a famous work of art by Gaudi in Barcelona.
Where the River Meets the Ocean
A family man fatalistically accepts his impending death by drowning only to be given the means to really begin living.
The Return: A Kootenay Roadtrip
On a road trip back to the Kootenay region of British Columbia, a woman encounters some magical and familiar faces.
Lunch with the Ladies
Kane Ryan and Dirty Wall Project take some deserving women who live in the slums of Mumbai for a day at a beautiful beach on the Arabian Sea and a chance to just play and be carefree.
Christmas in France
A visit with France’s ghosts of Christmas Past and Christmas Present. Christmas season starts in France just as it does in North America, at the beginning of November. The fliers, adverts for Christmas markets (idea imported from Germany), “getaway-from-it-all” travel offers and Rudolph jingles start to invade our space. By the end of November, the […]
Dr. Chris Curry – A Doctor in Antarctica
Dr. Chris Curry spends about ten months a year working as an emergency physician at the Fremantle Hospital in Western Australia. When he’s not doing this he can sometimes be found at the docks in Ushuaia, Argentina getting organized for Quark Expedition’s next voyage to Antarctica.
My West Coast Moment
I’m having a moment. Please bear with me. (Note that six words into this post I had to stop to figure out if it’s “bear” or “bare” or a third mystery spelling of which I’m unaware. I googled “please bear with me” and found whole blogs dedicated to the phrase, and several forums of people […]
Hong Kong Holiday
Hong Kong’s New Year celebration is a dazzling event worth putting on your 2011 agenda. As our Air Canada Airbus slowly taxied down the runway at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, I believed I had some insight into how Jed Clampett felt when he left for Beverly Hills. Accompanying me on this 15 hour non-stop flight […]
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