I should like to rise and go Where the golden apples grow;— Where below another sky Parrot islands anchored lie... -- Travel, RL Stevenson (1850-1894)
December is often a time when we look forward to a vacation and travel. Through the pandemic ravaged years, moving out of the house itself had become a challenge. Now as the world opens up slowly (hopefully the Omicron variant of the virus will be more benign), travel stretches its limbs to awaken to a new day with new trends and rules. Borderless invites you to savour of writing that takes you around the world with backpackers, travellers, hikers, sailors and pirates — fantastical, imaginary or real planned ones in a post-pandemic world. Enjoy!
Poetry
Lorraine Caputo takes us on a visit to a small Garífuna village on Honduras’ Caribbean coast. Click here to read.
The Voyages of Caracatus Gibbon
Rhys Hughes time travels back to the first century voyaging vicariously with his imagination and a Welsh king who resisted Roman invasion. Click here to read.
Have you ever got lost while traveling like Pirate Blacktarn? Who can help the pirate find his way… Narrated by Jay Nicholls, click here to read.
Classics
Travel & Holidays: Humour from Rabindranath
Do you enjoy babysitting nieces, nephews on trips and have you ever traveled with ‘hundreds of pieces of luggage, a few coolies, five women and only one man’? Tagore did. Somdatta Mandal translates hilarious writings from young Tagore on travel. Click here to read.
Travel through Bengal with Shorodhoni, a woman dubbed a ‘Daini’ or witch, in her quest to find a home in Aruna Chakravarti’s translation of Tarasankar Bandhopadhyay’s poignant story. Click here to read.
“Stories that tell us about human lives and human emotions highlight one simple thing: Humans are the same everywhere.” That is what Ratnottama Sengupta concludes as she vicariously travels through the famed route from the past. Click here to read.
Around the World
Click here to read Keith Lyon’s travels in Antarctica and savour the photographs he clicked.
Adventures of a Backpacking Granny
Sybil Pretious takes you on her adventures that start at sixty years of age with photographs and narration.
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Click here to read John Herlihy’s exhilaration with Myanmar in a pre-pandemic world in four-parts.
Click here to read Meredith Stephens’ sailing experiences between Adelaide and Kangaroo island.
Click here to read how Sunil Sharma moved continents, pausing in Maldives to find a new home in Canada.
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