In the first installment of The Recovering Backpacker, a column that looks at what makes for a meaningful travel experience, Nathan James Thomas responds to Agnes Callard’s controversial New Yorker…
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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,…
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A scuba diver in search of Australia’s elusive sea dragon struggles to make sense of everything he’s seeing below the water. Water, almost black at this angle, leaks into my…
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With Melbourne in lockdown and daily outings limited to one hour, a local sneaks onto a closed golf course to explore another world in her neighborhood. Melbourne, Australia, in lockdown…
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It happened again. An old man this time. Long white hair melting into his beard. Eyes glazed over. The plump woman shouted “Oi! You gotta pay for that!” She ran…
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The Adrenaline Rush Enhances the Beauty of the Landscape Below on a Flight over Tasmania I became used to the humming of the engines just as the mountain, city and bridge…
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It’s dark in Cairns and a Chinese couple is eating dinner on a small boat tethered to the harbor. They have just finished a plate of oysters, and the lady…
