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Issue 51 | May/June 2006

Issue 51 | May/June 2006

- High Himalayas
- Thailand Rules!
- Nights and More Nights in Casablanca

This features Amazon Shrunken Heads, Tokyo Disaster Centres, A summer road trip to the end of Route 138, the return of low tech cameras and much more.

FEATURES

34_COLOURED RIVERS & MONSTER DOGS
Living with Khampa nomads in the Himalayas, a solo explorer finds the pure life at 5,000 metres.
STORY + PHOTOS: JEFF FUCHS

43_QUEBEC, NORTH SHORE
A summer road trip to the end of Route 138 delivers whales, vistas, Habitant food, and laughter.
STORY: CHRIS FREY

50_WHEN THE STONE ROOSTER CROWS
Isan, Thailand’s remote northeast province, is the prefect tropical hideaway to disappear from “Civilization” - before is also disappears.
STORY: LARRY FROLICK + PHOTOS: DON WEBER

TRIPPING

9_DR. WILDERNESS

10_LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
Build it yourself in Casablanca

14_CANADA MADE ME
St. John’s Crows Nest Club; Protecting a Maritime Marsh; Vancouver’s “DMZ”

18_GOING HARD
Toyko Disaster Centres

20_FIELD NOTES
SHRUNKEN HEADS AND SHAMAN’S COATS:
One collector’s vision quest

24_WELCOME TO MY COUNTRY
Mr. Solo in Ukraine

26_LIBERIA’S REFUGEE RADIO
Lo-tech, high impact in West Africa

28_GOURMET DU MONDE
Real Thai cooking

30_HEALTHPOST
Avoiding altitude sickness

32_MEC’s THE TRAVELLER’s EDGE

62_OPEN BOX
Lomo Cameras: More Lo-tech for your buck

66_BACKPACKERZ BUZZ
News from Hostelling International

72_BIG FAT WORD
Reviews: The Caliph’s House, wild meals, Nortech CDs

78_WRIGHT OF WAY