Issue 50 | March/April 2006 | Outpost Magazine

Issue 50 | March/April 2006

10 YEARS OF TRAVEL FOR REAL

- A Thousand Bright Tomorrows
- Almost a Desert, Never the Same
- Awful and True

This DOUBLE issue to celebrate 10 years of Outpost features full tilt into the 21st century, trapped in the no-man’s land of Nigeria-Benin, Israel’s lost seaport, the satellite radio and much more.

FEATURES

49_A THOUSAND BRIGHT TOMORROWS
In Taiwan’s remote Kinmen Islands, an ancient craft turns the props of modern history into things of beauty.
STORY + PHOTOS: LIONEL MANN

54_ALMOST A DESERT, NEVER THE SAME
South Dakota’s super-sized badlands contain many big surprises, including a huge mountain that is slowly being blasted into an effigy of the great Native American hero.
STORY: RYAN MURDOCK + PHOTOS: JASON GEORGE

64_THE FEARSOME THEATRE OF QOYLLUR RIT’I
The annual pilgrimage to Peru’s Valley of the Gods features men dressed as bears whipping each other in a syncretistic ritual dating back to the Incas. Andrew Gregg goes on a mystic trek into the unknown with Wade Davis.
STORY: ANDREW GREGG + PHOTOS: WADE DAVIS, ANDREW GREGG

70_AWFUL AND TRUE
Interviews with Canada’s top photojournalists, the men and women who shoot the front pages for a living.
STORY: LARRY FROLICK + PHOTOS: LARRY TOWELL, LANA SLEZIC, ROGER LEMOYNE, STEVE SIMON, PATTI GOWER

TRIPPING

12_LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
Bangkok’s tuk-tuks; Malaysia’s sea-turtle; Sleeping with strangers

16_CANADA MADE ME
THE LONGEST PORTAGE
Pierre Trudeau’s epic canoe advice; Hippies Return; Red Gnar; Spirit of Canada

22_GOING HARD
THE LONELY PATH OF QUEIT TERROR
Solo in the Sahara

24_FIELD NOTES
Israel’s lost seaport

28_COMIX
WELCOME TO MY COUNTRY
Winter’s Blues Boys

30_FULL TILT INTO THE 20st CENTURY
A look at the decade’s big travel stories

35_HEALTHPOST
Why we need IAMAT

40_BAD KARMA AT THE BORDER
Trapped in the no-man’s land of Nigeria-Benin

42_THE MIDDLE AGES
Documenting a lost generation

44_MONSOON CUP
A race that’s really not for beginners

46_MEC’s THE TRAVELLER’s EDGE