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Destination: Down Under—Legendary Artist
#9 Because touring an unassuming yet sprawling gallery in Alice Springs you’ll happen upon the work of an Aborigine artist that’s been compared to Pollack, deKooning and Rothko. Other than boasting...
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Destination: Down Under—Deadly Dingoes
#8 Because Aussies are nothing if not brutally honest about the threat of wild animals even in a spiritual sanctuary like Uluru. After an almost two week lead up, arriving at Uluru (Ayers Rock) in...
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Destination: Down Under—Champagne Sounds
#7 Because the idea of standing in the middle of the desert, toasting the majestic view of Uluru with champagne, could only spring from mind of an Aussie. Truthfully, I had no idea what to expect...
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Destination: Down Under—Spears & Dots
#6 Because when my Anangu Aboriginal guide at Uluru/Ayers Rock realized I was hopeless at spear throwing, he suggested I’d be better at dot painting—a traditionally female art! It was a junior high...
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Destination: Down Under—Bigger from Above
#5 Because everything is bigger in Australia which means an aerial view from a helicopter is the only way to take in the utterly imposing majesty of Uluru. A photo essay. photo by Tourism NT Like one...
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Destination: Down Under—The Uluru Understatement
#1 Because the only thing more captivating than Hugh Jackman’s dancing legs is the humble nature of the Aborigine people, the traditional caretakers of majestic Uluru/Ayers Rock. photo by Tourism NT...
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Best Job Around The World
If I had a nickle for every time someone asked me, “How can I be your assistant and stow away in your bags on your next trip?” then, well, I would have amassed enough coinage to have launched...
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Resourceful Aida
Aida Mollenkamp Typically a trip to a pier on the Lower East Side of Manhattan would not count as a gay globe trekker excursion, but this outing promised actress Alyssa Milano, various contestants from...
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What’s New Buenos Aires? (part 1)
They had me at the pink couch. Cliché for a gay boy, but true. Buenos Aires’ new Alvear Art Hotel, opened in May 2013, is elegantly decorated in a comfortably sophisticated style—think Eva Peron by way...
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What’s New Buenos Aires? (part 2)
In my Madonna/Evita wing at the Four Seasons If there’s a pickier traveler than the Gay Globe Trekker it might be the Material Girl. So I took it as a good sign she’d stayed at the Four Seasons Buenos...
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