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The Discovery of the World in C-Sharp
Travel Writing, Essays and Profiles on Anywhere, Anyone and Anything
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The Last of the Kokonukos
The Last of the Kokonukos
There is a duality in the Kokonukos way of thinking. In their understanding, the world and all that takes place within is influenced by hot…
Nicholas J Parkinson
Mar 9, 2018
The Mighty Mighty Páramo
The Mighty Mighty Páramo
Life above on the Colombian Páramo and four days on the trail
Nicholas J Parkinson
Jun 28, 2017
An Arhuaco Solution to Man’s Disequilibrium
An Arhuaco Solution to Man’s Disequilibrium
Oswaldo and I were talking about the ole bees, bouncing around in the back of a truck that was heading down a path, which would have been a…
Nicholas J Parkinson
Feb 8, 2017
Land and the Persistence of Culture
Land and the Persistence of Culture
The spiritual equilibrium essential to the Yukpa community is off balance. Ancestral burial grounds have been desecrated by invaders; the…
Nicholas J Parkinson
Oct 29, 2016
The Rock Orphans Who Took me for a Wild Ride through the Birth Canal
The Rock Orphans Who Took me for a Wild Ride through the Birth Canal
I jumped down from the bus quickly and made it out of the bus station before any street urchins attached to my shadow. I found a nearby…
Nicholas J Parkinson
Jan 11, 2015
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Ebola and the Sound of Death in Liberia
Ebola and the Sound of Death in Liberia
“What the mind doesn’t understand, it worships or fears.” -Alice Walker
Nicholas J Parkinson
Nov 11, 2014
Degrees of Transformation: A Guide to Making Art from Weapon Scrap
Degrees of Transformation: A Guide to Making Art from Weapon Scrap
How a pile of AK-47s fell into one man’s hands and what he did with them
Nicholas J Parkinson
Jun 4, 2014
Life in the Hamster Tube: Tigray’s Off Width Towers
Life in the Hamster Tube: Tigray’s Off Width Towers
The least interesting thing about rock climbing is writing about it: We went up a rock face and reached the top.
Nicholas J Parkinson
May 8, 2014
Surviving Prison was the Hardest Part of Crossing Africa on a Motorcycle
Surviving Prison was the Hardest Part of Crossing Africa on a Motorcycle
A true story of how Luke ended up in an Ethiopian Cell Block and a victim of a system nobody could understand
Nicholas J Parkinson
Apr 1, 2014
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