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Melanie Ferguson

Melanie Ferguson

What is Regenerative Tourism?

Regenerative tourism is the “next phase” of responsible or sustainable tourism and seeks to create net positive impacts on places…

Jan 4, 2023

What is Regenerative Tourism?

Jan 4, 2023

Melanie Ferguson

How to Talk Politics with Strangers — Postcards & Places

Long ago, my girlfriends and I spent a few days on a tour of the desert in Egypt. Our guide drove the four of us in his jeep, rolling over…

Jun 19, 2020

How to Talk Politics with Strangers — Postcards & Places

Jun 19, 2020

Melanie Ferguson

An Unusual Plague in Strasbourg, 1518

How a mysterious epidemic spread in this medieval town

May 15, 2020

An Unusual Plague in Strasbourg, 1518

May 15, 2020

Melanie Ferguson

In Flanders Fields with the Ghost of John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing…

Nov 20, 2019

In Flanders Fields with the Ghost of John McCrae

Nov 20, 2019

Melanie Ferguson

I’m From Here: What Does It Mean to Be a Local?

My parents were packing up the house when we got there. There’s a lot do sort through in a home built for six people and after living…

Sep 20, 2018

I’m From Here: What Does It Mean to Be a Local?

Sep 20, 2018

Melanie Ferguson

The Dangerous Quest for Extreme Animal Selfies

Of all the animals in the world, probably the last one I’d ever expect to get close to would be a tiger. Yet the photo proves it happened.

Mar 6, 2016

The Dangerous Quest for Extreme Animal Selfies

Mar 6, 2016

Melanie Ferguson

My First Lessons in Culture Shock

I first arrived in Ghana on a Friday. I remember this because I didn’t have any Ghanaian money on me, or even knew what Ghanaian money was…

Sep 13, 2015

My First Lessons in Culture Shock

Sep 13, 2015

Melanie Ferguson

Melanie Ferguson

Melanie is an urban explorer and outdoor adventurer. She has lived in Africa, Asia, and Europe, and now lives in Vancouver, Canada.

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