Tag: Highs

The recent passing of noted samba and bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto has turned my thoughts to Brazil and especially to Rio de Janeiro. I fell madly in love with A Cidade Maravilhosa (marvelous city) half a century before I ever set foot there, when I saw Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) for...

Organising tramping expeditions to the South Island from the North are always a gamble. Plans must be set in motion far before forecasts are ever drawn up. Despite this, by some miracle when Emily and I landed in Blenheim the skies were clear and the outlook over Golden Bay was, for the most part, l...

Ian Urbina has been covering what might be the most mysterious and dangerous place in the world for nearly a decade now. I’m speaking of that vast swath of ocean that lies in between the territorial control of individual nations. These distant waters, usually referred to as “The High Sea...