The Bangladesh Surf Club gets kids off the streets and onto the waves
I am in the Indian Ocean, paddling around with naked Bangladeshi children on my surfboard. Groups of kids shout from the beach, “Surfing, surfing!” and ask me for rides. Jafar Alam, my guide and the 29-year-old founder of the Bangladesh Surf Club, takes an especially eager boy from the line, lifts him onto a longboard and pushes him into a green wave. “Everywhere we go the kids are crazy for surfing,” Alam says. “Even though most of them have never seen it before.” Read More »
Not many things stay the same in Europe. But since 1956, one event has taken place each May without fail: The Eurovision Song Contest. For the competition, which is watched live by over 125 million people, 43 countries send their very best pop acts to compete for public and jury votes in a 4-hour spectacle of song, dance, and tense country-by-country voting. Read More »
A little inspiration (Lavinia Spalding’s TEDx Talk), a little mystery (Wander—what is it?), a little smørrebrød. Presenting this week’s smorgasbord of things that piqued our interest.
“Travel Writing and Global Change,” TEDx Talks
“Travel can teach us that the whole world is one big family,” says Lavinia Spalding in her moving TEDx talk about the importance of travel writing. This Berkeley public school alum couldn’t agree more. —Julia Cosgrove
A Well Traveled Woman
A little inspiration for independent girls who love the adventure and have an appreciation for the cool. It reminds me of when I had all the time in the world to be outside and savor life. An Endless Summer kind of thing. —Tara Guertin Read More »
In its most basic form, ceviche is nothing more than chunks of marinated seafood. But in Peru, one of the countries with a solid claim to being its birthplace, this simple preparation has emerged as the most important dish of an evolving cuisine. Read More »
AFAR chooses a destination at random—by literally spinning a globe—and sends writer Susan Orlean on a spontaneous journey to Denmark.
While I was in Denmark, I was hoping to meet the Reindeer Man, a university student I’d read about who worships reindeer with such passion that he has taught himself to study, eat, and sleep wearing a set of antlers. Read More »
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