∞This story originally appeared in the Vancouver Sun on June 13, 2022.∞ When the last tourist leaves, what is left for the locals? That’s the central question of the new documentary The Last Tourist, which explores the profound impact decades of mass tourism have had...
∞ Originally published on Whywanderlust.ca on February, 6, 2021. ∞ Joe Waide emerges from the forest onto the Lake Wanaka beach, bare chested, pale fall New Zealand sun glinting off of his ceremonial wood taiaha staff, his features ringed in intricate ta moko...
∞ Originally published in the Vancouver Sun, June 7, 2020. ∞ New Zealand is the kind of place you go when you don’t want the world to follow. The country’s remote wilderness and pristine wellness retreats are so far removed from reality they seem to melt modern...
∞ Originally published in the Vancouver Sun, September 18, 2019. ∞ In Bali beauty and blessings are an industry. Hotels advertise “meditation area” on road signs, shoppers visit Reborn Gifts, graffiti is simply “KARMA” spray-painted in capitals. Its allure is obvious...
∞ Originally published in the Vancouver Sun November 30, 2019. ∞ “This is the oldest thing your eyes will ever see.” I squint into a telescope at Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Observatory on New Zealand’s South Island and my mind bends around the sight of a 13...
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