Oct 9th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
When visiting a colonized country, it is difficult to ignore many of the social and economical inequities that exist. Australia is no different. Much like the United States, Australia's history of dealing with the indigenous peoples is checkered at best and downright awful at worst. Native cultures have been marginalized, victimized - read up on the Stolen Generations - and subjected to both ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Outback Australia: Disappointment in the Tiwi Islands
Oct 9th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
When visiting a colonized country, it is difficult to ignore many of the social and economical inequities that exist. Australia is no different. Much like the United States, Australia's history of dealing with the indigenous peoples is checkered at best and downright awful at worst. Native cultures have been marginalized, victimized - read up on the Stolen Generations - and subjected to both ...Outback Australia: Mindil Beach Sunset Market
Oct 6th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
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Before departing for the Northern Territory, I was discussing my trip with some Aussie friends. When they heard that I was going to Darwin, they raved about two things: the food and the Mindil Beach Sunset Markets. Darwin is a melting pot of Southeast Asian and ...Experience Aussie culture at Darwin Festival
Aug 5th, 2009 at 11:00AM: There's a lot to love about Australia. It has fantastic surfing, gorgeous natural wonders and neat accents. But if you want a taste of true Aussie culture, you should head up to Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, for Darwin Festival. From August 13-30, Darwin Festival features indigenous dance performances, art exhibitions, concerts, cabaret, comedy and much more. This year's festival ...Darwin safety becomes a political issue
May 29th, 2009 at 7:30AM: No, this is not a rallying cry for fundamentalists or a push for evolutionary biology: I'm talking about Darwin, Australia.
After three tourists from Korea were assaulted and robbed, the Northeast Territory Opposition Leader, Terry Mills, called Darwin unsafe for travel. The visitors were relieved of their cigarettes, cell phone and a pair of sunglasses while walking to a bus stop in Parap. ...Your guide to luxury rail travel
Jan 30th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Trade a plane for a train, and experience genuine luxury. Hitting the rails in style has been gaining steam around the world, according to the Wall Street Journal, in Asia, Europe, Russia and Africa. In a sense, this is becoming the new "cruise," without the worry of being pinned on a boat by that insurance salesman who's intent on saving your financial life. Many of the luxury train excursions ...Thrill Seekers Can Swim Nose to Nose with Crocs in Australia
Nov 8th, 2008 at 1:00PM: Adventurers needn't head to the Outback to get a taste of what it is like to be eye-to-eye with Australian wildlife. A new attraction at Crocosaurus Cove, in Darwin, Northern Territory, allows divers to come within inches of giant saltwater crocodiles. A mask and swimsuit is all that is required for those who want to enter the "Cage of Death." The transparent "cage" is made from 5-inch-thick ...Crocodile makes a drinking buddy
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Jun 26th, 2008 at 11:20AM: Wildlife one comes across in ones travels is one way to know you've arrived somewhere new. In Singapore, it was the geckos that climbed on our walls to take refuge behind the artwork.
In The Gambia, it was the pouch rats that jumped over the corrugate fence in my back yard or the enormous snake that I can still see in the circle of my flashlight as I was walking to my latrine one night--or that ...Are Americans really that dumb?
Jan 12th, 2008 at 6:46PM: Yes I know how easy it is to bash everything that is American these days. But I thought of something while browsing through the just announced 2007 Darwin Awards. For the uninitiated, these are "honorary" prizes given to those who've "eliminated themselves from the gene pool" through really stupid stunts. 2007's winner was a 58-year-old man who gave himself a 3-liter Sherry enema--and of course, ...Darwin Exhibit: AMNH
Feb 13th, 2006 at 11:55AM: Well, after many weeks I finally got the gumption to
check out the Darwin exhibit at the American Museum of Natural
History. I've been wanting to do this since the widely lauded exhibit opened back in November, but was waiting for,
well I don't know, a good excuse. And what better excuse, I finally decided than a major New York snowstorm that
shrouded the city beneath some 26 inches of white ...
