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Out Of The Blue
Following Yoshida Tomohiro through a tunnel of thick pandanus, I emerged on a deserted white-sand beach where the boatwright’s wife, Akemi, was already busy raising the sail of their sabani. Fitted with an outrigger and a single mast, the craft’s sle
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Moved By The Mekong
The baby stumbles, snorts, and sticks her face into the mud. She’s still finding her feet. Thankfully, her mother is there to lead the way along the narrow path that cuts through a forest of teak and bamboo. Moments later, we watch transfixed as the
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All That Glitters
It is a city built on riches. Ballarat was at the center of Australia’s gold rush, and during those heady days, thousands of people arrived to seek their fortune. Many did get rich; in 1856 alone, close to two million kilograms of gold were extracted

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