While volunteering at Nan Tien Temple in Australia, the largest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere, a traveler tries to tease out what mindfulness really is. In the Harmony Room,…
Laura Olcelli
Laura Olcelli
Laura Olcelli is a freelance travel writer and journalist currently based in Sydney, Australia, and a regular contributor to Matador Network, Intrepid Times, Epicure & Culture, and more. She has a PhD in English focused on travel literature and has published widely about literary criticism applied to travel writing, including the award-winning book Questions of Authority: Italian and Australian Travel Narratives of the Long Nineteenth Century. Laura was born in Italy, has lived in five countries and travelled to over 50.
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Laura Olcelli explores the emotional granularity of London’s Canary Wharf. All right, I’ll admit it: I’m one of those who emerged from the 2021 lockdown with an urge for a…
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A traveler observes the Sanjay Colony outside New Delhi and rethinks her assumptions of what it means to live in a “slum.” It’s 1:00 p.m. at New Delhi’s Connaught Place.…
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A traveler in Morocco attempts to enjoy the pain and pleasure of an ancient exfoliation practice at a hammam. “Bien, euh?” the ṭayyaba asked me in French, a little breathless.…