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Stuck in deep sh*t in the Big Apple
Freelance journalist Carla Pratt writes: I’ve seen people hail cabs in all the movies set in New York City. Carrie Bradshaw can hail them with just a whistle, it surely can’t be that hard. Out went my...
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The Nanny Diaries: from sunshine to snow, from dream to nightmare
Crikey intern Freya Cole writes: I had no idea what I was getting myself in to when I applied to be a nanny for six months. I had romanticised the idea in my head, thinking that a nanny would look...
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Running from landslides on the Inca Trail
Freelance journalist Kimberley Granger writes: I stood in the middle of the famous Inca Jungle Trail and felt only nauseating fear. Every two minutes for two hours straight, someone would yell,...
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The kitsch charm (and crappiness) of Coney Island
Freelance journalist Jim Forbes writes: “They got some new attractions, huh?” We’re standing on Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn, on the approach to the Coney Island boardwalk. My questioner’s a middle-aged...
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Getting absinthe-minded in Prague
Freelance journalist Carla Pratt writes: We were definitely lost, not that any one of us would admit it. Our gang had been wandering round the same slippery streets, of the very same two blocks, for...
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The problem with siestas
Freelance journalist Kerryn Koh writes: Once upon a time in a land far away, two naïve and rather idiotic girls set off to find a fabled land near the border of Spain and Portugal. Rumours of its...
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Morning prayer with rock star monks
Emma Koehn writes: A young monk pads barefoot across the icy foyer, wearing a Foo Fighters tour t-shirt and faded designer jeans, searching for his shoes. He pauses as I stumble, trying to tie my...
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Red Ink Run: scammed in Shanghai
They say the best scams are when you’re not sure you’ve been scammed. But you do have to decide and the options aren’t great: you’re either a sucker or a cynic. Marty and I, after extensive...
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Learning to speak Queens’ English
Freelance journalist Jim Forbes writes: It should not have been an issue. As a native English speaker I was hardly expecting language difficulties in the US, a nation that’s smeared my mother tongue...
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Finding mercy in a Peruvian slum
Lilani Goonesena writes: It is a bumpy, unpaved road and our driver carefully maneuvers around the potholes. Joan laughs and says this is her weekly massage. We pass dry, dusty shells of buildings,...
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