On Kihnu island, the Night of Ancient Bonfires is just beginning. We stand on the sand, watching a modest group of Estonian musicians in traditional dress as they play a jaunty…
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A few days ago, I left Bolivia to travel into Peru. I’ve been in Bolivia for fourteen weeks. During that time I’ve visited nine cities, taken part in two volunteer…
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Festivals India Photo of the Week PhotographyHoli Cow! Celebrating the Powder-Filled Colour Festival in Rural India
There’s nothing quite like India’s Holi Festival. Anywhere else in the world, a pink-paint-splattered cow wandering through the streets might seem a bit strange. But in India, nobody bats an eyelid.…
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Wira built his first guesthouse in the middle of the Bali rice terraces. The floor-to-ceiling windows are stacked up against the sky; the thatched straw roof blending seamlessly into the greens…
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I’m about to meet the founders of Ethnotek. We’re approaching the entrance a little cafe just outside central Ubud when I see a distinctive backpack attached to a woman on a…
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In front of me stood four huge masked figures. They towered upward, larger than life, their impassive faces staring down at me with vacantly fixed smiles. The tiles creaked beneath my…
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We’re going ‘Doune The Rabbit Hole’… Up in the Scottish Highlands, close to the city of Stirling and down the road from the Lake of Mentieth, is a place called…
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Belgium Europe France The NetherlandsWhat is Life Like on a European Tour with a Chilean Psychedelic Band?
There is a giant shrimp staring down at me. Its beady black eye is the size of my head, and it feels extremely judgemental. Around its hard-shelled body falls a cornucopia…
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When I first meet the poet Inua Ellams, he is standing beside Nelson Mandela’s statue. Our little group of strangers is huddled in the doorway of London’s Southbank Centre, right beside…
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“You know… If you trust in yourself, you can do anything!” Sammy’s words echoed round my mind as I looked up, panting, at the Egyptian buildings which surrounded me. It was a sunny…