Oklahoma Really Is OK

27
Sep

The buckle on the Bible Belt polishes up just fine…

I spend a whole Sunday afternoon wandering the deserted streets of downtown Oklahoma City. Gazing up at the art deco facades that grace so many buildings in this wealthy cow town on the high plains, I realise that I haven’t seen a fellow pedestrian in an hour. Keen to speak to someone, anyone really, I return to my hotel and ask at the front desk, ‘Where is everyone?’

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Do You Tango in Buenos Aires?

21
Nov

There’s been enough written about how integrated the tango is into Buenos Aires culture that it’s become an unavoidable travel cliché. Quite simply, when in Buenos Aires, tango’s rhythm is heard all round in constant replay. So you may as well accept the fact and see a tango show at its best.

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Hawaii Heralds its Past

14
Nov

Hawaiians are busily rediscovering their Polynesian roots. The ancient Hawaiian language is taught in high schools across the state. Great pride is displayed in the archipelago’s spiritual history and its importance in the renaissance of Polynesian culture.

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Great Drives: Be the Lord of the Road on a Ring Tour

10
Nov

The hobbits are back! And they’re in New Zealand again.

Now that The Hobbit, the prequel to Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy, is out New Zealand is once again Middle Earth. Not only because it’s Jackson’s home but because he believes it’s the best film location anywhere.
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Shanghai, the New Jerusalem

28
Oct

There’s always a New Jerusalem isn’t there? Once it was London, then came New York’s turn.

Remember the film ‘Working Girl’? Well, now the New Jerusalem must be Shanghai.

Founded on prostitution, the drug trade and no holds barred trading tussles between rival colonial powers, this megalopolis strutting up from the mudflats of the Yangzi River delta is capturing capitalists like ants to honey. It sucks them in.

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