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Northern Lights

Northern Lights

Northern Lights The traditional hill tribes of Vietnam – a richly diverse population of different beliefs and customs – defy the challenges of homogenous cliche. Text: Joe Yogerst. Photography: D.Hump. IT was one of the strangest things I have come across anywhere on the planet, hundreds of people arrayed along a muddy river searching for [...]

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Cuba Libre

Cuba Libre

Cuba Libre Cuba’s sultry seafront capital belongs to the romantic past, writes Joe Yogerst. Photography D.Hump. “Playing the violin is a lot like courting a beautiful woman,” says Fernando Ortega as he slips into the opening strains of a traditional Cuban love song. “It’s got to come from the heart. Otherwise the act is meaningless.” [...]

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Dragon Town

Dragon Town

Dragon Town It’s the free-wheeling centre of South-East Asia and a drinking town to boot. Hong Kong has come a long way since the pre-handover days of imperial arrogance and white domination. Today it rests on its hard-won laurels as a city that vibrates to the beat of an ecletic international rhythm, as Julian Zielonka [...]

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