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I passed the bush tracker trial
The Observer, 21 January 2007
The snake was at least two metres long and eventually identified as a forest cobra, although I initially had it down as a piece of hosepipe. It was writhe-around-in-the-dust, nasty-way-to-go deadly. And it was in my shower. That I considered picking it up says little for my common sense, but the [...]
In the cold Thai hills
New Statesman, 15 January 2007
Carl Wilkinson made a journey to meet the Karen tribes of Burma - and found them in Thailand
It’s 6am. The sky is the colour of gruel as the mist clears, and there is the fine scent of old wood smoke in the cold air. From deep inside my thin sleeping bag [...]
A pearl on the edge of the world
The Observer, 19 November 2006
On a remote tip of land in Australia’s empty north west, an Aboriginal tribe has built a luxury, safari-style camp, where visitors can explore the local traditions in a stunning setting. Carl Wilkinson went a little bit native
‘White man living in the wrong climate,’ said Robert as he pulled on long [...]
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