Top stories published by The Other Side of the Mountain in 2017

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Rowan the Tourist in The Other Side of the Mountain

Aug 27, 2017

The morality and impacts of Holocaust Tourism

Entrance to the crematorium, Dachau concentration camp

Rowan the Tourist in The Other Side of the Mountain

Sep 21, 2017

In Vienna, the waiter is King

Like Atlas, with the weight of the world on his shoulders, wait staff in Vienna take their job very, very…

Rowan the Tourist in The Other Side of the Mountain

Oct 9, 2017

Nomads can’t evacuate .aka. Living in a tent

Life for our hunter gather nomadic ancestors must have sucked at times. I know…

Philippa Brown in The Other Side of the Mountain

Jul 18, 2017

Life on the Trail: It’s just one foot in front of another

Philippa Brown in The Other Side of the Mountain

Nov 3, 2017

The climbing life – Part II: Chamonix, France

In Chamonix you know right away who the climbers are because they strut around…

Philippa Brown in The Other Side of the Mountain

Oct 31, 2017

The climbing life – Part I: Buis les Baronnies

Rowan the Tourist in The Other Side of the Mountain

May 17, 2017

Zen and the art of bicycle maintenance.

Cycle touring is so much more than just cycling from A to B; a strange variety of…

Philippa Brown in The Other Side of the Mountain

Apr 17, 2017

Europe on $5 a day

I have always loved my mum’s stories of her travels around Europe with her girlfriends in the early 70s. She was 24 years old when she set off in 1969 with her copy of one of the world’s first travel guides: Europe on $5 a Day.

Philippa Brown in The Other Side of the Mountain

Nov 18, 2017

The climbing life – Part III: Switzerland

We were warned by our fellow campers that Switzerland is even more expensive than…

Philippa Brown in The Other Side of the Mountain

May 12, 2017

Long haul travel – cruise ship vs. plane

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