Article Index
A Friendly Recluse
Icelandic friendliness is in plain sight, and it must be the noun of this article title that is responsible for it, first and foremost.
Author: Edward Porper
Up In Smoke
Such was the power of its explosion that it threw the two continents into a time machine and left them as endlessly remote from each other as they had been more than a millennium ago...
Author: Edward Porper
A Streaming Service
While the above examples and interesting and informative, there is nothing unusual about them - unlike about the countries whose names aren't just slightly misleading but the direct opposites of what the countries actually are!
Author: Edward Porper
Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future
As time went by, advancing modernity, combined with inherent variety, kept adding to Gibraltar's quaintness.
Author: Edward Porper
Pillars of Strength
Heracles decided to commemorate his success - so, he broke the mountain that connected Africa and Europe, thus creating two huge pillars seen from far and wide. The Rock of Gibraltar is one of those pillars
Author: Edward Porper
Hard Rock
Ever since, “Tariq's Mountain” has been anything but regular - and never failing to challenge or surprise in most aspects of one's daily life.
Author: Edward Porper
A Desert Mirage
There is a wonder that is the easiest to overlook - Dubai itself, or maybe I should call it “the spirit of Dubai”.
Author: Edward Porper
Fear As An Artform
What happened next was a societal equivalent of what is known in mathematics as “the Paradox of the Turtle” - every development (or piece of reasoning) is perfectly natural and logical but the outcome/conclusion is completely absurd.
Author: Edward Porper
All-Inclusive
Bled's (and, arguably, the whole country's) truly unique focal point - a real jewel in its crown - is a glacial lake of the same name.
Author: Edward Porper