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Morocco- A Guide To Standing On Disappearing Ground | Krissy Foster
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Morocco- A Guide To Standing On Disappearing Ground. September 11, 2014 Africa. 6am, Marrakesh Menara Airport. I lethargically shuffle around the bend of the immigration queue, sighing as I look behind to realise the 5 metres I have moved in these past 20 minutes. The line stretches back all the way to security and builds at an alarming rate. This is because only four immigration desks are open with four flights about to take off. 1) Get used to ridin’ dirty. Intercity buses had air-conditiong and were a...
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Le Combat des Rienes- Valais, Switzerland | Krissy Foster
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Le Combat des Rienes- Valais, Switzerland. March 25, 2014 Europe. That time of the year that calls the more laid-back of us wanderlusters who seek to combine mountain sports with the Maldives to mobilise themselves for some sunny t-shirt skiing. I spent my spring-skiing weekend at Les Marecottes, a Valaisannes village two hours drive from Geneva, Switzerland. Despite that fact that farmers can earn 3000 Swiss francs for a queen’s calf and 40 000 for a queen, Jean-Marie tells us that it’s not about the mo...
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Horseplay, skeletons and ice – St Moritz | Krissy Foster
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Horseplay, skeletons and ice – St Moritz. February 25, 2015 Europe. 8220;And when the snow falls you’re found in Saint Moritz. With the others of the jet-set. And you sip your Napoleon brandy. But you never get your lips wet”. 8216;Where do you go my lovely? 8217; Peter Starstedt mournfully asks in his 1969 hit. 1) Horse-racing on ice. On bringing my bags into my room at the Hotel Soldanella. 2) Cricket On Ice. 4) The Cresta Run. 8216;It’s the most exhilarating and intense sport I have ever done, r...
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La Cuina de Catalunya- Dining and Discovery in Barcelona | Krissy Foster
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La Cuina de Catalunya- Dining and Discovery in Barcelona. April 04, 2014 Europe. I sit down for tea in my university halls cafeteria. I let out a sigh as I am confronted with a sad plate of mixed veg and a pale pork chop. The meal (if you could call it that) states the obvious – I am no longer in the Catalan culinary capital, Barcelona. Carrer Comercial, 9. Cream gnocchi with pan-seared tuna. I went to bed that night gleefully knowing that this was just the tip of the Iberian iceberg. Spain’s largest foo...
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Bruges- The Disneyland for adults | Krissy Foster
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Bruges- The Disneyland for adults. November 24, 2014 Europe. We all remember the euphoria of entering a theme park for the first time. We would plead, blackmail and bargain all week until finally our parents gave in and concede to having their stomachs inverted on whatever death trap we dragged them to. As adults, is there a place now where we can let go with such abandon? Some might suggest Las Vegas or Macau, but I found my answer in the most unassuming of places, a little Flemish town called Bruges.
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A day as a Bolivian miner | Krissy Foster
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A day as a Bolivian miner. April 29, 2015 South America. At only a meter and a half tall at best, going on a tour of the mining tunnels of The Cerro Ricco in Bolivia is not for the weak-spined. Had we really descended that deep? Leave a Reply Cancel Reply. Your email address will not be published. Imaginary crocodiles – Colombia. Dangerous play – headless sheep polo in Kazakhstan. A day as a Bolivian miner. A Peruvian Dolly Parton Encounter. Noel Hawkes on Cartagena beauty queens.
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Sun, Sand and Siege- Sardinia | Krissy Foster
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Sun, Sand and Siege- Sardinia. June 15, 2014 Europe. The Italian island of Sardinia stands with its head held high in the midst of a tumultuous sea of European history. Since the earliest recorded inhabitants roamed this wild setting 400,000 years ago, Northern Africa, Spain, Austria and France all scrambled over this Mediterranean gem until 1720, when the House of Savoy were lucky enough to secure it under the boot of Italy. The Hotel and Spa faces the Archipelago and the Costa Smeralda, and although th...
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A Peruvian Dolly Parton Encounter | Krissy Foster
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A Peruvian Dolly Parton Encounter. March 16, 2015 South America. I curse loudly as I stumble over another rock, floundering in the darkness for the right footing. I try to make it up the path to where the fiesta is, but in a village with no electricity, I have only the distant hum of music to guide me. The sound of cumbia music crescendos until I turn the corner into the main square. If darkness was an issue before, I now have to squint in the face of large electric pans beaming from a stage. On the stag...