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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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It Takes a Village
Stepping outside my homestay into the soft morning light, I was greeted by an impressive sight: the dramatic outcrops of Gunung Api Purba, a jungle-shrouded volcanic summit that rises from the fertile plains east of the city of Yogyakarta. I’d arrive
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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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