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Central Asia
24 Aug, 2010, 11:18
Turkmenbashi’s Land of Fairy Tales Tom Coote
Ashgabat is the capital city of Turkmenistan but tourist attractions are thin on the ground. It does have a theme park though. Tom Coote visits – and lives to regret it.
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Americas
24 Aug, 2010, 10:45
The Witch Doctors of Ecuador Benjamin Cook
When Ben Cook decides to study shamanism he does it properly. He flies down to South America and visits faith healers in the Andes and Amazon. Will his sturdy scepticism stay the course?
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Europe
22 Aug, 2010, 20:22
Life as a gypsy: my Bosnian in Belgium Landon Spencer
When Landon Spencer’s circus act is brought to a halt by a broken arm she decides to heal in Brussels. She doesn’t get to see the city’s brochure sights, as her mind is drawn more to Bosnia.
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Europe
22 Aug, 2010, 19:31
Greek lightning Roger Norum
Athens was once considered the centre of the ancient world. Roger Norum finds that despite Greece’s economic travails the city still seems pretty central now. He tastes life in the capital and then heads out to the Saronic Islands.
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Europe
22 Aug, 2010, 15:01
Thin air and massive views: climbing Mont Blanc Rachel Berkowitz
Most of us just look in awe at Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the European Alps, or – if feeling energetic – buy a postcard of its snowy heights. Rachel Berkowitz ropes up for the climb to the summit.
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Central Asia
11 Aug, 2010, 10:40
Hunting for honey in Nepal’s Himalayas Anna Greenwood
On a Nepalese trek Anna Greenwood captures a magic moment where life seems perfect. Love, chocolate, honey and company come together in the mountains: who could ask for more?
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Europe
10 Aug, 2010, 17:24
Lost again: 5,000 European kilometres, a bit confused Eric Whitehead
When Eric Whitehead flies into Europe he uses the latest satnav technology as well as traditional maps. These don’t, strangely, help, and he gets thoroughly misled on a tour that turned out more epic than expected.
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Americas
6 Aug, 2010, 12:29
Whiskey breaks the ice with Colombia’s smugglers Adam Page
The Guajira Peninsula on Colombia’s northern coast is known for one thing. Contraband. But when Adam Page is told the people who live at Puerto Estrella are also ‘crazy, savage, and drunk all day’ he scents the chance of a duty-free dram.
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Asia Pacific, Central Asia
6 Aug, 2010, 12:17
Over the moon for (agent) orange cows David Calleja
The after-effects of America’s crazed war against communism live on in Vietnam. But there’s an Aussie ex-journalist working to help, one cow at a time. David Calleja describes a wholesome and helpful charity at work.
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Africa, Middle East
6 Aug, 2010, 11:57
Muddling through Marrakech Tara Donaldson
On her first day in Morocco, Tara Donaldson is momentarily taken aback by the speed and determination with which the locals seek to part her from her freshly-changed dollars.
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Asia Pacific
6 Aug, 2010, 10:49
A backpacker’s paradise in Queensland’s far north Catherine Thomson
After a year on the road, there’s one place that stands out in Catherine Thomson’s memory as the best place she’s visited. Squished between the rainforest and the Barrier Reef, it’s the small town of Port Douglas.
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Deals, Europe
1 Aug, 2010, 09:41
Honeymoon in the “New Europe” Anette Siehl
The ‘Just Married Special’ from Mamaison Hotels & Residences provides an unforgettable hotel stay for newlyweds, says Anette Siehl, in the exciting capitals of the ‘New’ Europe.
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Asia Pacific
26 Jul, 2010, 11:08
‘All Shook Up’ on a Hong Kong film set Christa McDermott
To fund their backpacker lifestyle Christa McDermott lands her shy boyfriend an acting gig and tells him he’s only an extra. Little does he know that he’s expected to perform.
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Central Asia, Europe
26 Jul, 2010, 10:54
Life in Yaroslavl, with its mad Russian cats Georgie Klein
Georgie Klein’s university, in its wisdom, decided in 2008 to send her to the town of Yaroslavl, 150 miles out of Moscow, and leave her there for a year. I don’t know what they expected, but this is what she found.
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Americas
22 Jul, 2010, 20:17
Recife – dark and light James Young
Northeastern Brazil, and the sweltering city of Recife provides a vivid setting for James Young’s subtle insight into a society where rich and poor rarely mingle. In the tropical heat generations blend.
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Europe
22 Jul, 2010, 14:01
A winter hitch from Vilnius to Riga Kris Mole
It is snowing, and fabled freeloader Kris Mole doesn’t even have a coat. That doesn’t stop him hitch-hiking from Lithuania to Latvia. Once again, the kindness of strangers means that – 11 hours after he started – the final lift delivers him to his door.
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Africa
22 Jul, 2010, 13:50
White girl on a Malawian bike Stefanie Giglio
Monkey Bay, Malawi, and Stefanie Giglio decides to travel like a local on a black, Chinese bike. But – like many things in Africa – buying a bicycle is not a simple process. First she has to hire a mechanic…
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Asia Pacific
22 Jul, 2010, 13:29
Tahiti: not quite paradise when poor Alicia Harney
It might be logical to break a flight downunder with a few days in Tahiti, but it’s not such a good plan when you’re couch-surfing on a budget. Alicia Harney finds the South Pacific idyll is priced out of her reach.
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Americas
21 Jul, 2010, 16:02
Choquequiroa: Peru’s alternative Inca trail Brendan van Son
It’s increasingly hard to get permits to climb the Inca Trail. But the famous route to Machu Picchu isn’t the only historic mountain route in Peru. Brendan van Son treks the Andean paths of Choquequiroa and finds they are just as steep.
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