All posts tagged Night

Dawn on Mount Galeras © 2013 Chris Allbritton

The Yagé Posts, Part III

12 Jun 2013 / 1 Comment

Continued from The Yagé Posts, Part II PASTO, Colombia — As the night progressed, I spent a lot of time waiting for the dawn, thinking and staring into the fires. […]

The Yagé Posts, Part II

10 Jun 2013 / 5 Comments

Continued from The Yagé Posts, Part I PASTO, Colombia — … I had been warned by accounts on the Internet that drinking this would mean a long night of vomiting, […]

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The Yagé Posts, Part I

07 Jun 2013 / 5 Comments

PASTO, Colombia — As I gazed into the little white plastic cup of dark chocolate-colored, viscous liquid, I felt the familiar grip of terror in my gut. This was yagé, […]

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One Year After Pakistan

03 May 2013 / No Comments

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 […]

The Road Goes Ever On and On

16 Apr 2013 / 3 Comments

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 […]

Courtesy 2008 Australian Human Rights Commission Photo Competition, Belinda Mason, Winner

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