Cityscapes are all well and good, but at some point, even the savviest urban adventurer has to get out. Last month, I was invited to take part in a Malibu initiative, kicking off July 1st, hell-bent on bringing awareness to Reef Check, the world’s largest reef preservation organization (check out our feature on Armchair Activism for ways to help without doing any work).
The plane took me over the North Pole, through Siberia, and smack-dab into Southeast Asia. In the Philippines, I explored the reefs, rode an oxcart through a river, crossed a rusty suspension bridge brandishing a beer, mistakenly went to a whorehouse, jumped from a cliff in underwear, rode on top of a tank down a one-way road, scuba dived with only 10 minutes of training, and slapped a man from Maxim. There’s no way to tell the entire tale, but this exclusive photo essay is certainly a start.
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it's really nice that this man was able to go on a snorkeling/scuba diving trip, but, you know, who cares. there's a ton of much more news-worthy and relevant travel and cross cultural journalistic work being done currently, and it's not like the images are terribly extraordinary. maybe invest your time and money in obtaining photographs, of, perhaps, the current revolution taking place in iran, or the imagery of a stolen nation and elected leader under arrest in myanmar. even sending someone down to TJ at the moment would be more interesting than a slide show of 'man in snorkel gear' and observation of "water looking thick, like oil." great, great stuff.
wow, rena – sounds like you woke up on the wrong side of your life this morning. just a hunch, but my guess is that the writer got hooked up with this trip and then made the most of it by putting together a pretty thoughtful photo essay. oh, and fuck sarcasm. you're whole attitude is played out.
ps. if you figure out how to get a journalist into iran or burma, please share. I do some freelance work myself, and I'd love to know.
I think it's a good piece. That is all.
right, rena, newsworthy. next time, maybe sexy pics of obama? Now that's hard hitting ;) http://renakosnett.blogspot.com/2008/11/barack-ob…
Actually, this piece profiles a part of the world that hardly any of us will ever get to see. Andy should be commended for so thoughtfully documenting his journey (like journalists tend to do), and not ridiculed.
Wow, what a dick you are, Rena. Maybe you've been around the world and back, maybe you've landed in Bosnia under sniper fire, but most people in the world feel lucky to be able to travel at all. God forbid they should share their experiences with people who didn't get to go. Jesus, seriously, what's wrong with you? Do you write letters to the editor of Highlights for Children berating them for not having a Khatroum bureau chief reporting on the crisis in Darfur? And are you seriously saying that no one cares about the Philippines because there are no wars or revolutions going on there? You sound like you're as much fun as a chlamydia test.
You hit the right mark here Muzak, you have to see the Philippines -the place and people are great!
Rena honey, you missed this one.
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