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Reaching North
Adventure, Travel

Reaching North

Extracted from my travel journal blog, curseofthetraveller.com, which covers our adventures during the years 1988-1994. We had made arrangements with … Continue reading Reaching North

CONTINENTAL DRIFT
Adventure, Australia, Travel

CONTINENTAL DRIFT

It’s time to haul the anchor up, And leave the land astern…– Al Stewart, Lord Grenville At Marree, the sky is on … Continue reading CONTINENTAL DRIFT

KELI MUTU: THE LAST ADVENTURE
Adventure, Indonesia, Travel, Travel Writing

KELI MUTU: THE LAST ADVENTURE

We climbed up and peered over the edge, down into the pit where a lake of mercury shimmered in the … Continue reading KELI MUTU: THE LAST ADVENTURE

Adventure, New Zealand, Travel, Travel Writing

NORTH BY NORTH-WEST

“When vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings…” – Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness  North of Westport, … Continue reading NORTH BY NORTH-WEST

THE GATES OF HELL
Adventure, Australia, Travel, Travel Writing

THE GATES OF HELL

Out here nothing changes,Not in a hurry anyway.You feel the endlessness,Running from the light of day…          … Continue reading THE GATES OF HELL

Adventure, Australia, Travel, Travel Writing

CROCODILE COUNTRY

Out where the river broke,The bloodwood and the desert oak.. – Midnight Oil, Beds Are Burning At Roper Bar I … Continue reading CROCODILE COUNTRY

IRON AND GOLD
Adventure, Australia, History, Travel, Travel Writing

IRON AND GOLD

…the emu-sextons pay me a last cursory glance… At Menzies, a dead-on-its-feet mining town a hundred kilometres north of Kalgoorlie, … Continue reading IRON AND GOLD

Adventure, Australia, Autobiography, Travel, Travel Writing

UNDER THE SUN

You’re in by Karumba,Where the fishing boats come in;I can’t believe this feeling,But I wish that I was there,Every passing … Continue reading UNDER THE SUN

Adventure, History, India, Travel, Travel Writing

MONUMENT

Think, in this batter’d Caravanserai,Whose doorways are alternate night and day.How Sultan after Sultan with is pomp,Abode his hour or … Continue reading MONUMENT

Adventure, History, India, Travel, Travel Writing

JAHANGIR’S GARDEN

…the tomb of Nithar, lies reflected in the shimmering pool.  In Allahabad I find a secret garden. I have been … Continue reading JAHANGIR’S GARDEN

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