When Claudius Bombarnac, Jules Verne´s imaginary hero in The Adventures of a Special Correspondent, arrives at the Apsheron peninsula on the shores of the Caspian he is appalled by the pollution, but thrilled at the same time by the naphtha that seeped out of the ground.
Features
Africa
Ghana – Salt Of the Earth
by Eric Matthies •
The Songor Lagoon is near the coast, on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. It’s in an area of wetlands at the foot of a system of tributaries that lead to and from the artificially created Lake Volta. Salt is a major resource here.
Middle East
Northern Iraq – There And Back Again
by Karlos Zurutuza •
The “Hamilton route”, named after the New Zealand engineer who designed it, links both Iraq and Iran through astonishing mountain landscapes, deep in the heart of Kurdistan.
Features
Warning Signs
by Steve Strommer •
Signs are all around us – everywhere we look.
Africa
Somalia – Back In Club Mog
by Sean •
In January 2006, Sean Rorison travelled to Mogadishu, the war-torn, hellhole capital of Somalia, to see how the region is faring and what the future holds in store.
The Americas
Nicaragua – Legends Of Leon
by Arya Kazemi •
Arya Kazemi leads us on a photographic tour of Nicaragua’s former Liberal Capital, Leon.