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New
Slant
on Native American Way of Life
Escape,
11
April
2010
(News
Ltd's
Sunday
travel
section)
"Guide Dakota
Goodhouse
speaks in Mandan, the language of the tribe which once inhabited the
village, thanking us for spending time in this place. Then he switches
to his native Sioux tongue. He explains that the Sioux message was much
the same as the Mandan, except he'd also expressed thanks for spending
time with him 'in the home of the enemy'. But he says it with a smile
and a twinkle of the eye."
Covering the Native
American cultural highlights of North Dakota, USA.
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for
republication
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and
Web).
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At
Peaks of Perfection
The
Daily
Telegraph, 1 April 2010
"Everything about Montana is big... and
up the top of its “big” list are the glaciers and peaks of Glacier
National Park, a spectacular spread of craggy mountains, glacial lakes
and huge chunks of ancient ice. 'It’s incredible to first timers,' says
our driver and tour guide Jana Grindheim. 'People don’t know about
Glacier, it’s not as famous as Yellowstone. But it’s like nothing
they’ve ever seen, and they’re just amazed at the mountains.'"
Touring the
magnificent Glacier National Park in Montana, USA.
This article
also appeared in:
- The Courier-Mail (3 April 2010)
- The Herald Sun (16 April 2010)
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republication
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and
Web).
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Driving with Dinosaurs
The Sunday Age,
7
March
2010
"Michele
Fromdahl works with a tyrannosaurus rex. She’s cool with that, but some
of her visitors aren’t. The gigantic model of the fearsome prehistoric
creature is the first thing you see as you step through the door of the
Fort Peck Interpretive Centre, lunging towards you with its jaws open
for the kill."
Traversing the
dinosaur trail across Montana, USA.
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for republication (print only).
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The Full Montana
The Sunday Age,
10
January
2010
"'We've
got some live ones on this flight. What are you, British?' When it
comes to the sprawling American state of Montana, the fun starts on the
flight in. There’s not much space in our snug 50-seater from Denver to
Missoula, so the sassy blonde flight attendant is a disciplinarian by
necessity. However, the request for tea has thrown her routine into a
loop.But you don’t visit Montana for the tea... "
Describing ten
essential attractions of Montana, USA, including glaciers and beer.
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for republication (print only).
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American Pie
The Age, 1 January 2010
"To
visit America for the first time is to encounter the strangely
familiar. Like every Australian, I’ve spent a lifetime immersed in the
television and film output of the USA, absorbing the nuances of its
culture. I even understand why it’s upsetting to have been cast as
Benedict Arnold in the school play (thanks, Brady Bunch). Which is why
it’s mildly disconcerting to find that America is, in fact, much as it
appears on screen."
A letter from
Bismarck, North Dakota, discussing the USA's food culture.
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for
republication
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only).
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Bohemian
Rhapsody
Medical Observer,
6
March
2009
"La Chascona is
charming and colourful,
reflecting a man with an extraordinarily creative and active mind. That
he also liked to stroll around the house dressed as a sea captain, or
even
a nun, is neither here nor there - great men must be allowed their
little
foibles. I suggest to Gonzalo that Neruda could be regarded as
eccentrico,
and he replies 'Si... or maybe loco.' But he says it
with
a smile."
Outlining the
attractions of Santiago,
Chile, with its bohemian Barrio Bellavista quarter.
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republication
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and
Web).
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Ice(berg) With
Your Drink, Sir?
The Senior
Traveller,
November 2008
"Salud, dinero y
amor! This is
no idle toast. Without warning, the pilot sails up to a small iceberg,
rams into its flank, and extracts a large chunk with the aid of an
ice-pick.
A few minutes later we’re milling around, clinking glasses as we toast
each other - with 12 year old Scotch containing 50,000 year old ice.
Sure,
it’s a gimmick - but what a gimmick."
A cruise through
the glaciers of
Patagonia, in Chile's south.
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republication
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and
Web).
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Chilled Out
The Australian,
23
September
2006
"Sometimes, when
you’re travelling,
there's a moment so grand and inspiring that you want to crack a joke
or
laugh, just to bring it down to size and try to fit it inside your
head.
This is one of those moments. The air is freezing cold, a light rain
has
started spattering our hats, and in the distance is a massive dirty
blue
glacier stretching back into the snow-capped mountains."
A cruise through
glacier territory
in the Magallanes region of Chile.
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for
republication
(print
and
Web).
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available.
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Eccentric Orbit*
The Age, 9
September 2006
"It may be
pushing midnight on
a Tuesday, but it's all happening at the Barrio. Barrio Bellavista does
a good line in perky black-clad waitresses, along with energetically
mad
beggars, folk who loom over your outside table or harangue you with a
smile
as you try to use a public phone. It's all part of the local colour,
and
we take a tolerant view of their unscripted interventions."
The eclectic
highlights of Barrio
Bellavista, Santiago's bohemian nightlife district.
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for
republication
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only).
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available.
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My title
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Ice Blue
Frontier
Medical Observer,
17
February
2006
"If you saw this
glacier in a
movie, you'd assume it was a special effect. Filling our field of
vision
is a cathedral of ice, ranging from pure white through blue shades to
almost
indigo depths. Great vertical cracks resemble caves, promontories look
like spires. Gigantic cracks hint from where the next giant chunk of
ice
will fall, as the glacier makes its way down from the heights."
Account of a cruise
through the glaciers
in Chile's far south.
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for
republication
(print
and
Web).
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available.
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From
Tattoos
to
Tanks
Sydney Morning
Herald,
1 October 2005
"One of the
strangest is the Spam Museum in Austin, Minnesota. The statistics are
staggering: the museum houses 4,752 cans of Spam from all over the
world. As visitors enter, they walk directly beneath a towering wall of
Spam constructed from 3,390 cans. And the museum houses a letter from
President Eisenhower, about the role the product played during World
War II."
Ranges through the
world's oddest
museums, exhibiting everything from sulphur to Spam.
Available
for
republication
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only).
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