Travel

Story and photos by Mike Crane Traveling north of the wide open green avenues and lush parks of Adelaide I found the utter definition of isolation somewhere in the centre of South Australia’s million square kilometres.

By Jack Souther Modern Beijing is a city of profound contrasts: peddle-carts wind through narrow cobblestone hutongs under six-lane elevated freeways, glass and steel office buildings tower above rows of tiny street-level shops, outside a KFC restaur

Photo and story by Jack Souther "Hello! One Dolla! Hello, Hello! Three for one dolla!" My attempt to get a photo was frustrated by a swarm of aggressive street hawkers and by the time I had the camera put away my group had disappeared.

PALM SPRINGS, California—For visitors, cycling in Palm Springs is hardly about getting exercise, it’s about... well, snooping.

By John Masters Meridian Writers’ Group MUNICH—Germany may no longer have a monarchy — it was abolished in 1918 — but it still has plenty of nobility. Take the Wittelbachs, for example.

By Charlotte Mountford Three billion years ago the continents of Africa and South America ripped apart and Mount Roraima was formed. At 9,200 feet, the table mountain is one of the oldest places on earth.

By John Masters Meridian Writers’ Group PARIS—The Musée d’Orsay might not have the weight of Madrid’s Prado or St. Petersburg’s Hermitage or the Louvre, just across the Seine, but it is one of the most enjoyable museums you’ll ever walk through.

Story and photo by John Masters Meridian Writers’ Group BERLIN—Except for six sections, the Berlin Wall is gone now, torn down in 1990, soon after it toppled along with the Communist East German government that built it.

By Peter Neville-Hadley Meridian Writers Group USHUAIA, Argentina — A banner along the dock wall visible from cruise ships leaving the harbour says it all: “USHUAIA. End of the world beginning of everything.

By Lindsay Mackenzie “Now, the important thing is when I say go, you jump out of the boat. If you wait it will be gone. When I say go, go.