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Greenland: Climate Change

“Greenland is a country of strong people – pioneers. Many question how they will survive without support from Denmark, but I ask a different question: why could you possibly think Greenlanders would not survive?”

Posted byKieranOctober 15, 2017October 13, 2017Posted inNorth AmericaTags:dogs, Greenland, Ice Sheet, Ilulissat, impaqa, Inuit, Kangerlussuaq, Nuuk, permafrost, uranium, zinc

Tokyo: One Moment

“We say ‘Ichi-go, ichi-e’ – one chance, one moment. Appreciate the moment.”

Posted byKieranOctober 12, 2017October 12, 2017Posted inAsiaTags:Amezaiku, Asia, Japan, Kamata Hakensha, Kappabashi-dori, Kitchen Town, Namiyoke Inari Shrine, subway, Suginami, sushi, Takahiro Yoshihara, Tokyo, travel, Tsukiji, washokuLeave a comment on Tokyo: One Moment

Rome: Hidden History

In Rome, even history has a history.

Posted byKieranSeptember 6, 2017April 25, 2019Posted inEuropeTags:Appian Way, aqueducts, archaeology, Bath of Neptune, Baths of Caracalla, Catacombs, Ostia Antica, Parco dei Acquedotti, Rome, San Nicola in Carcere, Tiber

Virginia: Civil War

“Everyone talks about states’ rights but was there any right that was ever threatened other than slavery?”

Posted byKieranAugust 30, 2017Posted inAmericasTags:Battle of Chancellorsville, Charlottesville, Civil War, Fauquier County, Gettysburg, John WIlkes Booth, Monticello, musuems, Pickett's Charge, Richmond, Shenandoah Valley, Virgina, Winchester

Netherlands: Dutch Masters

What makes a Vermeer is the special fall of light, the stillness of people – young women reading, sitting or standing, but always still – with the light coming from the left.

Posted byKieranJune 11, 2017October 12, 2017Posted inEuropeTags:Amsterdam, Delft, Dutch Golden Age, Haarlem, Inherit The Earth, Netherlands, Nuenen, Rembrandt, travel, Van Gogh, VermeerLeave a comment on Netherlands: Dutch Masters

Lapland: Sámi Ways

Then there’s the quiet of walking through deep snow, bone dry from the sub-zero temperature and with a negative silence that sucks in any sound.

Posted byKieranJune 7, 2017October 12, 2017Posted inEuropeTags:Finland, Inherit The Earth, Lapland, reindeer, Sámi, travel

Yucatan: Maya Life

Vast libraries of writings on bark were burnt by the Spanish priests, while as many as two million sacred images were destroyed as idolatrous.

Posted byKieranJune 4, 2017September 6, 2017Posted inAmericas, Central America & CaribbeanTags:Chichen Itza, Inherit The Earth, Maya, Mexico, travel, Xcaret, Yucatan

Botswana: Okavanga Delta

We run aground in narrow channels, then skirt the edges of deep ponds, keeping a wary eye out as a pod of hippos bellow their anger at us.

Posted byKieranMay 31, 2017June 5, 2017Posted inAfricaTags:Africa, Botswana, Featured, Inherit The Earth, Makgadikgadi Pans, Okavanga Delta, travel, wildlifeLeave a comment on Botswana: Okavanga Delta

Hong Kong: Go Green

“The Chinese say Shan Shui – ‘mountains, water’ – and that is a very good description of the landscape.”

Posted byKieranMay 28, 2017June 5, 2017Posted inAsiaTags:Featured, hiking, Hong Kong, Inherit The Earth, Kowloon, Peak tram, Star Ferry, travel, VictoriaLeave a comment on Hong Kong: Go Green

Malta: Knights’ Treasure

“Here in Malta we are at the center of the Mediterranean, with three important harbors, and whoever controlled Malta controlled the central Mediterranean.”

Posted byKieranMay 24, 2017June 1, 2017Posted inEuropeTags:Great Siege 1565, Inherit The Earth, Knights of St. John, Malta, Mediterranean, Ottoman Empire, travel, Valletta

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