MARCH/APRIL 2010
In Every Issue 4 MailStop Your letters answered
7 Tripping A brief history of the banjo
8 On the Fringe The simians swing, underwater explosions, killer tomatoes, tracking wolf whereabouts and new aquatic audio. Plus, World Writes
10 ThrillSeeker Canyon diving in New Zealand
13 Gourmet du Monde Finger lickin’ southern-fried chicken
16 FieldNotes Braving the polar plateau to airlift an ailing adventurer
20 HealthPost SPECIAL Outpost Health Atlas The definitive guide to global health hazards
50 TravelCares A Canadian charity fights AIDS in Africa—and wins the battle, if not the war
54 ShutterStop Work on your night moves and capture images of a destination’s nocturnal side
56 Backpacker Buzz News from Hostelling International
62 Outpost Traveller Connecting you to your next adventure
66 PostCard NEW We’ve turned our back page over to you! In this, the first readercontributed story, one of our subscribers takes us to St. Vincent
Features 22 The Call of Kentucky Story by John Crossingham Photography by Stefano Barbera
Journeying to the Bluegrass State, our writer discovers Kentucky’s “double shuffle”—namely, that the seriously stereotyped state is not only the home of bluegrass, bourbon and Daniel Boone, but it is also an adventure-lover’s paradise
32 Beyond the End of the Road Story by Heather Kerr
Trekking through the remote eastern region of Bhutan—the last independent nation where Tibetan-style Buddhism is practiced— is like stepping off a map to a place where ancient culture persists, even in the absence of modern civilization
43 Asturias Magic
Story and Photography by Dennis Bock A novelist reunites with a Spanish compadre to take on the Sella River, in Northern Spain, in a kayak. As the river meanders from mountains to ocean and the little-travelled Asturias region reveals itself, the author’s mind drifts and he relives his own (younger) days living in Spain
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40 Outpost’s Amazing Adventure Travel Treasure Hunt—Join the quest for adventure and win a trip to Nunavut!
PHOTOGRAPHY: COVER, ©ISTOCKPHOTO.COM; THIS PAGE, SANNE HOULIND
ONE COUPLE CELEBRATES THEIR REUNION BY EXPLORING EASTERN BHUTAN’S DAUNTING GEOGRAPHY, TENUOUS INFRASTRUCTURE AND NOMADIC PEOPLE AND CULTURE, UNCHANGED FOR CENTURIES
Beyond the end of the Road BY HEATHER KERR
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