Features

32 Fall of Grace
Story and Photography: Mark Burgess
Our writer’s rough journey to the gentle stream of Venezuela’s Angel Falls—the world’s highest waterfall

42 Spirited Journey
Story: Ryan Murdock  Photography: Colin O’Connor
On the road in Ireland, our writer traces his roots back to medicinal Guinness, coastal cliffs and legendary storytelling

In Every Issue

4 Mail Stop
Your letters answered

9 Tripping
The lucky clover’s fourth 
(and fifth and sixth) leaf

10 On the Fringe
Birds on ’roids, titan snakes 
and roughing it in the buff; 
plus NASA’s rubber duckies and 
Spain’s 1,000-mirror plant

12 Thrillseeker
Canyoning in Costa Rica’s Lost Canyon

15 Going Hard
The first of our three-part Traveller’s Trail Running Series. This time, Canada’s best

20 Healthpost
When you bang your head, don’t 
push it to the back of your mind—
the consequences could be fatal

23 Gourmet du Monde
A meat pie baked with love—
and Guinness

26 MEC’s The Traveller’s Edge
Tips from and for world trekkers

28 Field Notes
Unearthing some solemn history 
on the Somme

55 Shutter Stop
Creating food photos to make 
your mouth water

56 Travel Cares
Harnessing the power of 
bamboo in Nicaragua

58 Wright of Way
Ian explores Cuba from 
Swan Lake to Guantánamo

60 Backpacker Buzz
News from Hostelling International