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LATEST ARTICLES ( 50 )

• Hope Bay, Antarctica

  

  No matter how grandiose and unique, every country on earth can be readily compared with some other country. Massachusetts has features in common with... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• St Mary's Church - Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

  

  A bit smaller but much brighter and certainly more festive than the dark Anglican Church just down Ross Road, the Catholic Church of St Mary’s stands cute and... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Christ Church Cathedral - Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

  

  On Port Stanley’s Ross Road stands the smallest cathedral in the history of cathedrals. It makes me wonder what earns a church the predicate “cathedral,” and... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

  

  The Falklands rise from the fog and seem so inconsequential that it’s hard to believe that empires have gone to war over them, not so long ago. But there’s oil... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Catedral Metropolitana in Buenos Aires, Argentina

  

  In a city where children sleep in card box boxes on the street, waiting for night to conduct their business, churches ought to be very small, very poor and... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Buenos Aires - Argentina; a Hole in the Ground

  

  We follow the muddy river Platte up from Uruguay, arrive at Buenos Aires a few hours later. They call it little Paris, someone says, but it would impress me if... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Montevideo, Uruguay

  

  The good thing about being in Uruguay is that you’re not in Brazil. We’re in Montevideo, which appears to be quite a sizable port. Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Statue of Cristo Redentor - Christ the Redeemer - in Rio De Janeiro

  

  The benefits of being a mid-level maritime officer are legion, but having lots of shore leave isn’t among them. Luckily there are also the members of the crimso... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Fog and Redemption in Rio De Janeiro

  

  The port of Rio de Janeiro is one of the most spectacular ports to approach, and whoever isn’t on watch, stands out on deck to catch a glimpse. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Salvador, Brazil - Dark Town

  

  Under a leaden canopy Salvador lies still and sinister. In the distance myriads of churches become visible against the skyline. Perhaps a nice town to stretch... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL