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Land of the Faroes

Land of the Faroes
“Where did you get this from?” Asks Ragnar as he approaches my rental car uninvited. In a long list of nations that aren’t the Faroe Islands, this sort of behaviour might make me nervous. Yet up here, half way between Scotland and Iceland, everything has the feel of a village,..
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  • 26 Jun
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The Deep Mani

The Deep Mani
I was somewhere north of Sparta when the Monster began to let go of my jaw. As the awful infusion of caffeine and chemicals faded, it was replaced by an enormous fatigue, so as soon as possible I pulled over in the rental car and slept at the dusty roadside...
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  • 26 Jun
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Pablo, honey

Pablo, honey
The boat was bouncing in a schizophrenic way that made sleep impossible. Just as any kind of soporific rhythm was established, we’d catch a little air and the belly of the hull would slam into the ocean, compressing our spines and snapping us awake. There were 10 of us on..
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  • 10 Dec
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Husky Voices

Husky Voices
Like many young boys, the most upsetting thing I could hear as a child wasn’t that my mother was angry with me, but that she was “disappointed”. Thankfully, it’s been a while since I felt that particular kind of upset. Or I should say it was a while – despite..
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  • 26 Aug
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The Hard Yacht Knots

The Hard Yacht Knots
Hummingbirds are used to migrating but not quite like the one in front of me. This particular Hummingbird has circumnavigated the globe three times. Adventure tour company Rubicon 3’s 60ft clipper may have been named after a bird famous for speeding from flower to flower, but she was built for..
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  • 29 Jun
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Game Changer

Game Changer
At first it looks like a storm cloud gathering on the horizon. On a hilltop perhaps 500 yards dead ahead, dust is erupting in the yellow hues of dawn, shafts of early morning light shooting through agitated particles like lasers. These perfect lines are then interrupted by a huge, dark..
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  • 18 May
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The Teeth of Navarino Island

The Teeth of Navarino Island
Often in Patagonia, you see the wind before you hear it or feel it. On water, white horses have their manes torn out with such force that the surface appears to be smoking. On land, howling gales rip dust from the surfaces of unsealed roads.  On the morning my group..
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  • 18 Apr
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Guyana Rising

Guyana Rising
As our little Cessna Caravan navigates a corridor of puffy clouds, Guyana’s Atlantic coast is exchanged for an infinite sea of green. Along with seven others, I am high above this one-time British colony, heading deep into its vast interior. Below, varicose rivers channel brown water through the jungle. There are..
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  • 14 Feb
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The Great Balkan Ride

The Great Balkan Ride
After more than two decades on and off-road Ursula was in bad shape. Her speedometer did not work, nor did her fuel gauge. Ursula’s odometer was stuck on 147,467.8km and nobody knew when it stopped counting. Her air-conditioning worked in theory, but in practise caused the engine to overheat. Her..
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  • 30 Jan
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Four days in ‘Four Countries’

Four days in ‘Four Countries’
There’s a noise some Japanese people make when hearing something moderately interesting or unusual. It starts at the back of their throat, rises in pitch and might be written as “eurgh!” If, for example, you were to say you’re eschewing their brilliant rail system in favour of driving a rental..
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  • 30 Jan
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Be Careful What You Piss For

Be Careful What You Piss For

Other
  • 8 Aug
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Land of the Faroes

Land of the Faroes

Travel
  • 26 Jun
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The Deep Mani

The Deep Mani

Travel
  • 26 Jun
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Pablo, honey

Pablo, honey

Travel
  • 10 Dec
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Life Between Volcanos And The Sea

Life Between Volcanos And The Sea

Galapagos
  • 29 Oct
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