Hawaiian waka to return 40 years after sparking revival of Māori ocean voyaging
Forty years after the rebirth of Māori ocean voyaging, the Hawaiian canoe Hōkūle’a is due back at Waitangi on an epic, 80,000km voyage around the Pacific.
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Ukraine revisited: Invasion rekindles memories of long-ago trip
Towering monuments, vibrant cities, and a national identity which has somehow survived Soviet oppression and a turbulent history — those are a few of my memories from a trip to Ukraine long before the Russian invasion.
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Czechostalgia: A photographic ramble through 1990s Bohemia
Snow-covered landscapes, peeling plasterwork and views from my window: A sentimental selection of photos from Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic in the early 1990s.
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The Merry Cemetery: Where folk art conquers grief
Anyone who tries to tell you death is no laughing matter clearly hasn’t been to Romania’s Merry Cemetery.
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The love boat
The author accidentally finds himself on a ship shuttling Eastern European sex workers to the brothels of Istanbul.
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One foot in paradise
I’d only been on Aitutaki, a series of atolls sprinkled around a picture-postcard lagoon in the Cook Islands, for a few minutes when Captain Terrible ruined my plans for this story.
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