During my last trip to Japan, my great passion for the Oscar-winning director Hayao Miyazaki (who has been producing beautiful movies for decades and is considered a genius by many of his fellow animators) put me almost subconsciously in the footsteps of the landscapes shown in his main animation stories.
“You can’t compare India with anything. It is known for its extremes; the people, the faces, the languages, dresses, culture, traditions, faith, religion and many other things make it so very special”.
The Virunga Mountain Range has suffered at the hands of both man and nature – deforestation, poaching, and volcanic erosion have left the area a shadow of its former self, stripping the primates of their habitat and lifeline.
What I found unbelievable as I travelled was how alive Andean culture and religion are: all the pre-Spanish beliefs and the ways they worshiped to the gods and the mountains. These rituals are very much alive
I was brought up around animals, and on my family vacations in Australia we would see crocodiles and other wild animals. I’ve always had this passion. After our honeymoon, we got the bug. Africa just got my soul.
Hilde Kristin Rosvik tends to shy away from convention; this is likely the reason she accepted the Editorship at Svalbardposten in the city of Longyearbyen to become the northernmost Editor in the world. Her role comes complete with an apartment, car, and a rifle in a locked cupboard – hardly your standard office perk…
The faint smell of sulphur grows stronger and headier with each step we take, edging closer to the crater Kawah Ijen lives up to its reputation, as captivating as it is dangerous
The highs and lows of the drug-du-jour, as told by a man who rejects its changing reputation
Hidden in the hazy and magical atmosphere of Monferrato, a special laboratory owned and led by a single family restores the most important art masterpieces in Italy
I’m with my guide, Lloyd Camp, on the trail of the elusive black rhino in one of the few truly wild places left in the world. “The worst thing we could do is to run away from an animal, we’ll be finished”, Lloyd warns me
