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TRAVEL:

The light and

slow way to travel

The months spent yearning for the freedom to travel gave us time

to dream and reflect on how to do so with purpose and a clear
conscience. Travel writer and author Nina Karnikowski describes
the wonders you’ll experience when you travel slowly and lightly.

In 2013, in my second year of
working as a travel writer, I lived in
India for 10 months. I can still recall
the faded apricot-coloured walls
of our Mumbai apartment block,
overlooking the Arabian Sea, and
the laughter of the children playing
in the fishing slum next door. I can
still recall each stall in the local
marketplace, selling everything
from marigold garlands and fresh
vegetables, to bindis and copper
crockery, and the faces of the sellers
who ran them. I can still recall the
distinct smell of our street, that
intoxicating mix of incense and
spices, cow poo and sea spray.

Left: Nina Karnikowski, Heartwood Cabin,
Burringbar in the Byron Bay hinterland.
Photo courtesy Peter Windrim.
Right: The otherworldly rock formations in the
Warrumbungle National Park, New South Wales.
Photo courtesy Peter Windrim

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