Adventure
issue 007
‘Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.’ ~ Neale Donald Walsch
Editorial
For some, it’s discovering new locations. For others, it’s discovering themselves. Some want to build skills and knowledge; others build resilience and courage. What makes everyone an adventurer is the desire to experience something new.
Day to day life is full of routine—monotonous and uninspiring. We go to school or to work every morning, slog for the better part of the day to earn our livelihood or in preparation for the same, and then we drag ourselves back home to have our time consumed by household chores or family obligations, by more work that needs to be done to fulfil our expectations from life. Turn off that TV, baby. Shut down that laptop. Just turn it off. Open a window and stick your head out. There’s more to life than this.
Adventures of all kinds force you to turn away from what’s familiar so you can embrace the unknown. That’s the simple beauty of it. Explorers and adventurers have no idea what’s ahead of them, but they thrive for something different; something to evoke something they’ve never felt before.
It’s time to start a love affair with the world. Let’s hit the road and throw out the map. Let’s hike in the mountains and leap over canyons. Let’s surf the waves; move to Paris; let’s find the thrill wherever we look. Nobody ever said you had to travel thousands of miles from home.
Life is short; let’s go on an adventure.
To our contributors, thank you. To our readers, enjoy. ■
JADE STERLING
features
it’s more than wanderlust
That feeling you get when your desire to see the world turns to a yearning and physical ache has a name.
let’s talk about privilege
‘Travel is the only thing you spend money on that makes you richer.’ Ummmm…
stranger danger: solo female travel
by Jade Sterling
By design, travellers are surrounded by total strangers
My daughter has emigrated
by Lisa Mitchell-Ross
My daughter has emigrated, moved to another country far away from me–and yet I can’t complain (much) because I did exactly the same to my mum and she did the same to her mum.
Special feature
a personal travel guide to
Abu Dhabi
by Jade Sterling
It may be a sprawling city of soaring skyscrapers and pearlescent mosques, tiptoeing further into the dunes like some ironic human equivalent of desertification, but it’s more than a buzzing metropolis in a sandpit: it’s home.
Cape town
by Zoe Greenbank
Cape Town has a complicated history marred with racial prejudice and inequality which means many have preconceived ideas about this city before they have ever set foot there. And yet, when explored, anyone can discover little hidden gems tucked away within its walls, waiting to be found and dismiss any biased opinion.
Hiroshima
by Georgia Tendall
Hiroshima is a city laden with scars: powerful remnants of a violent past, woven into its durable fabric. But scars are proof of regrowth—they are, by definition, a mark of healed injury. Yet, just a short train journey can totally transport you from the harsh reality of the city and its history to an alternate realm where nature thrives in spite of mankind’s vices. Hiroshima presents a curious mix of old and new, life and death, pain and prosperity, and it is unforgettable.
special feature
distant worlds are calling
putting life on mars
The atmosphere on Mars is mostly carbon dioxide, the planetary surface is too cold to sustain human life, and the gravity there is just 38 percent of Earth’s. And yet, life on Mars has fascinated and inspired people around the world seemingly since it first occurred to us we could leave Earth behind.
why do we explore?
There is something tantalising about the great beyond, the distant lands.
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If you’ve got a story, we want to hear it!
the thrill of the thrill
What compels someone of sound mind to throw themselves out of perfectly serviceable aeroplanes, dive headfirst in the abyss from a rickety bridge, or decide that jumping into the sea to share the water with a bloodthirsty shark is a good idea?
Could video games breed a new generation of fighter pilots?
Becoming a fighter pilot could be a whole lot easier for this and the next generation of aspiring aces and it could all be down to the endless notifications and multiscreen lifestyles adopted worldwide.
Picking up the bike
by Elisha Dessurne
The best way to explain what Grit Girls UAE is all about is to tell the story of my introduction into the group and what it did for me. I came across the community a few months ago and it reignited a passion for my favourite thing to do in the world—riding dirt bikes.
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