- Paradise Found
- Sacred Places
- Looking For Gurkha
- Walk On Wapta

This issue also features guided trips for the adventurous, food borne diseases, Canadian Meagan McGrath and the Seven Summits, RSS for the traveller, plus much more.

FEATURES

28_PARADISE FOUND
Azure waters and swaying palms beckon, but can the Cook Islanders afford to live in heaven on earth?
STORY: LISAN JUTRAS
PHOTOGRAPHY: TYLER STIEM

39_SACRED PLACES
For one photographer, documenting holy sites is both a journey to some of the most fascinating places in the world and an exploration of the human spirit.
STORY + PHOTOGRAPHY: JASON GEORGE

48_LOOKING FOR GURKHA
Our intrepid writer finds the birthplace of a legendary fighting force.
STORY + PHOTOGRAPHY: ROBERT J. BRODEY

59_WALK ON WAPTA
One family puts their summer vacation on ice-literally-by taking their 10-year-old on a four-day glacial traverse.
STORY + PHOTOGRAPHY: NATALIE ST-DENIS

IN EVERY ISSUE

7_TRIPPING
Lead on! Guided tours for adventurous types.

9_ON THE FRINGE
Searching for a modern Seven Wonders. Komodo dragons: The next immaculate conception? And breaking news: sloths sleep a lot.

13_LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
Getting grounded: Travelling by taxi from Amman to Damascus is both chaotic and culturally enlightening.

16_GOURMET DU MONDE
Saucy soy sparks up supper-soy vai!

18_HEALTHPOST
Food borne disease doesn’t have to ruin your culinary adventures, thanks, in part, to NASA.

20_MEC’s THE TRAVELLER’S EDGE
Tips from and for world trekkers.

22_GOING HARD
Canadian Meagan McGrath takes it to the top in her quest to complete the Seven Summits.

25_FORGING AHEAD ON THE FJORD
Hiking the Saguenay region is a walk through Canada’s history and Quebec’s rich cultural heritage.

67_OPEN BOX
This just in! News feeds give travellers up-to-the minute info-fast.

69_WORLD WRITES
Books for the beach, bedside table and beyond.

70_BACKPACKERZ BUZZ
News from Hostelling International

78_WRIGHT OF WAY
Ian Wright sees the Turks and Caicos in Technicolor.