CROSSING TIME ZONES
From the monthly archives: February 2011
“Hello, madam, rickshaw? Where are you going? Hello, madam! Hello? Hello!” The rickshaw-wallahs swarmed around disembarking passengers at the bus depot in Delhi, India, their singsong English aimed at likely clients. As an obvious non-Indian and a young woman traveling alone, I attracted more than my fair share of attention. I shouldered my backpack and [...]
New Zealand has a population of just under 4,400,000 – and more than 32 million sheep. So it’s fair to say that no visit to this country is complete without a visit to a sheep farm. I had a taste of what this life is like at Middle Rock Station, a sprawling property in the Lake [...]
Off the west coast of Sweden, not far from the Norwegian border, lies Kosterhavet National Park, the country’s first marine national park, established in September 2009. A place of great beauty, Kosterhavet boasts the highest levels of biological diversity in Sweden, with 6,000 species underwater and an equal number – mostly birds, plants, insects, and [...]
Rain and wind lash at my Gore-Tex as I make my way up a trail on the island of Ursholmen toward Sweden’s westernmost lighthouse. On a fine day, I’d linger to take in the solitude, the salty air, and the stark outer-archipelago scenery. But today the sea is dark and opaque, and the land—a treeless [...]
