Outpost Travel Magazine Issue 78 Preview

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2010

In Every Issue 4 Mail Stop Your letters answered

9 Tripping In consideration of curry

10 On the Fringe Trek-y tours in Klingon, bear fails to buckle up, working vacations in Oz, and sunken treasure of a certain vintage

13 Going Hard

Features 24 The Other Afghanistan Story by Naheed Mustafa Photography by Leslie Knott

Surviving swamps and steep pitches while hiking the beautiful North Coast Trail

A documentarian and journalist explores the Afghanistan beyond the headlines and finds a country rebuilding cultural icons and restoring old ways of life. In an effort to recapture the best of what once was in a country that still is typecast by war, she journeys to a centuries-old pottery-making village and finds warm welcome

17 Thrill Seeker Climbing towering trees with rockstar names in Western Australia

18 Field Notes A Canadian scientist participates in a global marine census and discovers new life in the Arctic seas

70 Travel Cares Growing prosperity in Laos one coffee tree at a time

35 And the nominees are... CBC and Outpost magazine present the nominees for Canada’s Champions of Change volunteer awards

74 Health Post Putting first-aid first

76 Shutter Stop How to give landscape shots added depth

78 Backpacker Buzz

56 Exodus

News from Hostelling International

84 Outpost Traveller Connecting you to your next adventure

86 Post Card Our readers recommend… Haida mortuary poles on SGang Gwaay

SPECIAL 55 Gadgets, Gizmos and Getups—oh my! Our online gift guide: get a sneak peak at some of the best of the season

PHOTOGRAPHY: COVER, MUNEM WASIF; THIS PAGE, (TOP) LESLIE KNOTT; (BOTTOM) STEPHEN HARROLD

Story by Doug Saunders The country of Bangladesh and its capital, Dhaka, are fitting examples of how mass migration is shaping the new world. Writer and reporter Doug Saunders travels there to learn more about this enthralling human movement and the city that has become so symbolic of its power










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