Tibet on the Rails
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- Written by: Michael Buckley
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Tibetans fear that their culture will get derailed as the new train from China begins service to their region.
Visions of a Voodoo Psychic
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- Written by: Marc-André Roy
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Marc-André Roy explores the value of voodoo in Benin.
Making the Grade in Mongolia
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- Written by: Cheryl Dunkerton
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Volunteer teacher Cheryl Dunkerton finds that Mongolian students juggle more than just exams in order to make it through school.
Freeze Frame in Luang Namtha
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- Written by: Kees Sprengers
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Photographer Kees Sprengers captures a moment in time for North West Lao cultures in transition.
A Slice of Reality: Mumbai Slum Tours
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- Written by: Brent Lewin
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
A gap year gig turns into a quest to show travellers a hidden side of urban India.
Random Acts of Curiosity
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- Written by: Shane Barter
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
A chance meeting with an Indonesian farmer teaches Shane Barter that everyone has a story.
The Kilometro Ocho School of Art
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- Written by: Colin Wiseman
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Colin Wiseman goes to Ecuador looking for political enlightenment—but finds that teaching kids to paint may be as much as he can handle in one trip.
Bigger and Better: An International Trading Game
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- Written by: Mike Fuchigami
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Toilet rolls, poisoned darts and Dead Sea muck: Humanitarian NGO volunteer, Verge correspondent and veteran traveller Mike Fuchigami on his version of international trade.
Study, Work and Volunteer in Extreme Environments
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- Written by: Verge Magazine
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
The lowdown on studying, working and volunteering in the world's most geographically extreme environments.
Must-See Global Eco Hotspots
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- Written by: Verge
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Attention eco-conscious travellers! This special destination section scans the map for the planet's top biological hotspots. From historical landmarks to reefs and forests, here are 13 eco hotspots you need to see—and ways you can make your travels contribute to their conservation.
Pumpin' the Volume: District Six Records
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- Written by: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Why we travel
Former development studies student and District Six Records founder, Dave Guenette, has introduced North America to some of Africa's hottest musicians. It's not about charity: it's about music.
Be-witched in Ghana
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- Written by: Sam Mednick
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
For North Americans, witchcraft is the stuff of books and movies. But in Ghana, its existence is undisputed. The question is what to do about it.
The Road to Lukomir: The Effects of Tourism on a Rural Bosnian Village
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- Written by: Sean Brander
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
A remote Bosnian village is marketed as an undiscovered throwback to the Middle Ages. At what cost? asks Sean Brander.
Women on the Edge
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- Written by: Clare Byrne
- Category: Why we travel
Jen Buck and Josee Auclair lead an all-woman expedition team to the North Pole.
