Truly, Nomadly, Deeply http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com Keeping my feet on the ground as I circle the world. That means no planes, but lots of adventures Sat, 04 May 2013 04:52:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2-alpha One Year After Pakistan http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/05/03/leaving-pakistan-one-year-later/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leaving-pakistan-one-year-later http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/05/03/leaving-pakistan-one-year-later/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 19:30:53 +0000 Chris Allbritton http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/?p=2293 BOGOTÁ, Colombia—Two years ago yesterday, I was awakened in Islamabad by an editor in Singapore calling me at 6 a.m. to tell me President Obama was going to make an ...

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]]> http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/05/03/leaving-pakistan-one-year-later/feed/ 0 Losing Marla: Eight Years Later http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/04/16/losing-marla-ruzicka/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=losing-marla-ruzicka http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/04/16/losing-marla-ruzicka/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:58:07 +0000 Chris Allbritton http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/?p=2282 Eight years ago today, the world lost a humane and human voice for those who often have none—the civilian victims of conflicts. Marla Ruzicka, my friend, was killed in a ...

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]]> http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/04/16/losing-marla-ruzicka/feed/ 0 The Road Goes Ever On and On http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/04/16/the-road-goes-ever-on-and-on/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-road-goes-ever-on-and-on http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/04/16/the-road-goes-ever-on-and-on/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:10:38 +0000 Chris Allbritton http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/?p=2250 I spent almost a month in New Zealand and realized, gosh, I hadn’t written much at all about this wonderful, magical place. Well, now that I’m back on dry land ...

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]]> http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/04/16/the-road-goes-ever-on-and-on/feed/ 3 “World Famous in New Zealand!” http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/03/22/world-famous-in-new-zealand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-famous-in-new-zealand http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/03/22/world-famous-in-new-zealand/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:39:22 +0000 Chris Allbritton http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/?p=2224 AUCKLAND—In a short while I’ll be casting off aboard the Bahia Blanca cargo ship en route to Manzanillo in Colon, Panama. I rather late in the game realized I hadn’t ...

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]]> http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/03/22/world-famous-in-new-zealand/feed/ 1 Ten Years After… http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/03/20/ten-years-after/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ten-years-after http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/03/20/ten-years-after/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:12:29 +0000 Chris Allbritton http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/?p=2223 Ten years ago today, the United States began perhaps its costliest and most destructive foreign policy blunder. And as for many young journalists, it also allowed me to jump-start my ...

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]]> http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/03/20/ten-years-after/feed/ 3 Media appearances I http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/02/28/media-appearances-update/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=media-appearances-update http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/02/28/media-appearances-update/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:58:00 +0000 Chris Allbritton http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/?p=2216 Hi, all. I gave a talk yesterday at the University of Otago on journalism and the war on terror. The Otago Daily Times was kind enough to send a reporter ...

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]]> http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/02/28/media-appearances-update/feed/ 2 Farewell, Australia http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/02/26/farewell-australia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=farewell-australia http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/02/26/farewell-australia/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:16:39 +0000 Chris Allbritton http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/?p=2177 Part I There’s an old adage that one should write drunk and edit sober. This is my attempt at slightly tipsy. Why? Because I’m saying farewell to Australia, and there’s ...

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]]> http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/02/26/farewell-australia/feed/ 2 Australia’s Forgotten People http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/02/06/australias-forgotten-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=australias-forgotten-people http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/02/06/australias-forgotten-people/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:48:02 +0000 Chris Allbritton http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/?p=2159 Aborigines just aren't visible in the larger population. From Perth to Melbourne, including in Adelaide, I rarely saw an Aborigine. And when I did, they were like the poor woman I saw today, sitting around on the margins, singly or in small groups. White Australians seemed to scarcely notice them. Even worse, in Coober Pedy, I was warned of an Aboriginal "gang" roaming the streets at night, as if they were wild dogs. I've never seen an Aborigine working in Australia, either as a cop, a waitress... as anyone

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]]> http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/02/06/australias-forgotten-people/feed/ 2 From Here, North http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/01/26/from-here-north/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-here-north http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/01/26/from-here-north/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:57:51 +0000 Chris Allbritton http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/?p=2156 The numbing flatness of southern Australia and its Eyre Peninsula is beginning to get to me, not to mention the endless driving and huge distance between, well, everything. I find ...

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]]> http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/01/26/from-here-north/feed/ 1 A Landscape of Sensual and Terrible Beauty http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/01/21/a-landscape-of-sensual-and-terrible-beauty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-landscape-of-sensual-and-terrible-beauty http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/2013/01/21/a-landscape-of-sensual-and-terrible-beauty/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:25:51 +0000 Chris Allbritton http://www.trulynomadlydeeply.com/?p=2136 EUCLA, Western Australia—I realize that in all of this, I haven’t really given my impressions of Australia, particularly its wild and woolly western half. In short, it’s tremendous and awesome. ...

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