September 2005 Archive
Not the Best Memories of Prague
The spa offerings in Karlovy Vary were not very appealing…gas injection anyone?
A friend is heading to Prague soon and was asking me for advice. I hadn’t been had I? No. Well, wait, there are some foggy memories. They aren’t the best. Perhaps I’ve blocked it out. Oh Jeez, it’s coming back. But you don’t want [...]
The Shark God Bolai
Book Review by 17 of Charles Montgomery'sLast Heathen: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in Melanesia (Canadian edition). Published in the USA/UK as The Shark God : Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific. Photos by Charles Montgomery.
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I encountered Charles Montgomery's book The Last Heathen at a queer author's night at the Vancouver [...]
Vanuatu Images
I'm still waiting for a written account from someone of this exotic faraway scattering of islands but in the meantime, here are some photos. You may also want to check outThe Shark God Bolai from the nearby Solomon Islands.
Suspending Common Sense
'Your biggest enemy is your common sense' I am reassured in the ambiguously philosophical tone of adventure guides.
Feeling little reassurance I disembark from the modified chairlift with my good friend who is also a first aid patroller at Cypress Mountain's new downhill mountain biking park. ëAt least' I think to myself ëhe'll be close [...]
