MAY/JUNE 2010
In Every Issue 4 MailStop Your letters answered
7 Tripping Kilts: more than just pleats and tartan, a celebrated tradition
8 On the Fringe Kangaroo kidnapping, Voodoo wasps to the rescue, beer bones, a 31,000year-old dog and how salt power will save us. Plus, The Prophet’s Camel Bell
10 ThrillSeeker Plunging into Brazil’s subterranean lakes
12 GoingHard Confronting great white sharks off the California coast.
16 HealthPost Snakes! Scorpions! Spiders! Oh my
18 Gourmet du Monde
Features 27 Through Cuban Eyes
Story and photography by Penny Williams Thousands of tourists make their way through Old Havana every year but by following the advice of her Habanero friends, our writer discovers a whole different side of the city: a living community rescuing itself from decay
32 Bali High
Story by Ellie Rubin Photography by Neal Harrison Our writer prepared for an adventure trip to Bali, Indonesia’s lone Hindu outpost. But what she didn’t expect was a different kind of adventure— a plunge into a world of incense, offerings and self-reflection that revealed an important truth
Serious satay is easy
21 FieldNotes Saving Sable Island’s wild horses
50 TravelCares Two organizations band together to help women in India achieve financial freedom
54 ShutterStop Freeze frame: How to capture thrilling action shots
56 Backpacker Buzz Surprising Slovenia and more news from Hostelling International
62 Outpost Traveller Connecting you to your next adventure
66 PostCard We’ve turned the back page over to you! In this issue one of our subscribers takes us to Koh Samui, Thailand
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24 Outpost’s Amazing Adventure Travel Treasure Hunt—Join the quest for adventure and win a trip to Nunavut!
PHOTOGRAPHY: COVER, NEAL HARRISON; THIS PAGE, KEVIN VALLELY
42 The Remotest Pub on Earth
Story and photography by Kevin Vallely The Old Forge pub in Inverie, Scotland, is a 30-kilometre hike over wild landscape, making it a must for our editor-at-large and his team. The risk of losing the trail is high, but the gang finds their way along a network of mountain huts to reach the ultimate watering hole
the
Remotest Pub on Earth
OUR INTREPID REPORTER GOES TO THE FARTHEST REACHES TO BAG A BREW AT A WATERING HOLE FAR, FAR OFF THE BEATEN PATH STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEVIN VALLELY
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