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THE RAILWAY RENAISSANCE

Kaja Šeruga, 21. 8. 2020

In one of my earliest memories I was sitting on the train, rather than in it. I was five years old, slowly rattling across the Ecuadorean countryside ...

The sound of silence

dr. Petra Draškovič Pelc, 9. 1. 2020

Erling Kagge really did a number on our thoughts. Towards the end of last year, he was hard to miss. You could read about him in newspapers and other ...

To read or not to be …

Arne Hodalič, 3. 1. 2020

With this article, I would like to address the all-embracing, deadly trend: lack of reading. Especially online. Reading and writing are becoming stran ...

The beauty of familiar views

Jasna Tuta, 27. 12. 2019

In the last article in our Beehive for this year, I am faced with a dilemma which has no answer. What is more beautiful: discovering new, exotic desti ...

Flying across the Namib Desert in a hot air balloon

Dr. Tom Turk, 5. 12. 2019

Five years ago, when my wife and I were first wandering across Namibia or, more precisely, the Sossusvlei pan, its greatest landmark, two hot air ball ...

Three Years - Three Continents - Three Rainbows

Kaja Šeruga, 15. 11. 2019

I. Ladakh, India     Leaving behind the cacophonous traffic jams of Srinagar, the road climbs up, clinging to the side of the crumb ...

First impressions from Denmark

Eva Borin, 4. 10. 2019

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark and the second largest Scandinavian city. I always imagined it as an idyllic place, criss-crossed with canals sur ...

Kgalagadi

Dr. Tom Turk, 19. 9. 2019

Even though there are better known and also more accessible national parks in South Africa, such as the Kruger National Park in the Republic of South ...

Myanmar: Gone for a Walk

Kaja Šeruga, 29. 8. 2019

We are drinking green tea from tiny ceramic cups, contorted into the child-sized plastic chairs that are the defining element of every teahouse and ro ...