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Portraits froma Train inSri Lanka
Journey Throughthe Kazakhstan
The Mountainsof Darjeeling
Journey into theHeart of Mauritania
Photo Corner:Troy Floyd
98Zagreb: The Hard Way
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Eternal Summerof a Spotless Mind
Shutter Spot
ExploringJordanian
Hospitality
Eating Around the World:Street Food
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“Vagabundo Magazine strives to shed light on the road less travelled and those willing to blaze their own”
contributor infoEditor-in-Chief: Brendan van SonAssociate Editor: Will PeachHead of Design: Luis AlvarezEditing Interns: Jackie DesForges and Sarah KlokeFreelance Contributing Writers:Brendan van Son, Charity Knight, Georgina Young, Lauren Alouise, Sebastian Lennox, Duane Bassoo Sarah Kloke, Luis Alvarez, and Jackie DesForges. Freelance Contributing Photographers:Brendan van Son, Troy Floyd, Duane Bassoo, Ariel Body, Barbara Weibel, Caroline Leal, Stewart Smith.Cover Photo: Brendan van Son
Shutter Spot
by Stewart Smith ( @lakesimages)http://www.stewartsmithphotography.co.uk
Langstrath Falls
“These falls are located about a 2 hours walk at the far end of the Lang-strath Valley; one of the wilder valleys in England’s Lake District, with no road, lake or pub to draw tourists to its far reaches. The water flows down from Angle Tarn and Esk Hause, the highest mountain pass in the Lakes. I’m always drawn to a sense of passing time and movement in a still image, and with the surge of the water and the swaying of the tree anchored in place and time by the surrounding immutable rock and fells, this has it on different levels.”
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PHOTO CORNER:Exposing the People of Colombia with
troy floyd Fortravellers,oneofthemostdifficultaspectsoftraveltocaptureitalsothemostprevalent:thepeople.Therearesomanychallengestoproperlypho-tographypeople.Wefightourethicalstandardsinnotjustfiringphotosawaywithoutpermission,wechallengenervesinaskingforaphoto,andwestruggletocapturenaturalmoodinphotographingpeoplefullyawaretheyhavealens,andinsomecasesabunchoflights,pointingatthem.Theprocessinitselfisanart.
In this edition of “Photo Corner” Editor-in-Chief Brendan van Son sits down with, good friend and amazing travel photographer, Troy Floyd. They chataboutsomeoftheirfavouritethings:travel,photographyandColombia.
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exploringjordanianhospitalityby Sebastian Lennox( @sebastianlennox)
Profilesfrom
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a Photo Essay by Duane Bassoo
going veggie in thestreets of SEOULwith
sarah kloke
It’s easy for a vegetarian to equate a country like South Korea with an outcome like “starving to death.” Af-ter all, this is a country where receiving a gift of SPAM (the meat, not the junk mail) - is actually a good thing. But be-yond the menus purely of pigs’ feet and chicken legs, are the opportunistic food stalls. Marked by yellow plastic ex-teriors and red plastic seating, here are the best options for staying alive as a vegetable-eater in the Land of the Morn-ing Meat Calm. Ddeokbokki.Found at all the typical food stalls, this dish of rice cakes (which are actually more like cylinders) and fluorescent-red spicy sauce is a nice introduction to street food. Take note though, ddeokbokki is often served with fish cakes (again, not a cake at all). Just point to those little triangles of fish and make an “x” to communicate the universal sign for “get those weird things away from me.Cost: ₩1,500 Directions: Take the Subway to Hongik University (Line 2) Exit 9. Turn left out of the exit and look for the square tabletop pot of ddeok-bokki at any of the food stalls gating this artsy university neighborhood.
BindaetteokBindaetteok translates to “mung bean pancake.” Looking nothing like a typical maple syrup pancake, this dish is made of ground mung beans, sprouts, kimchi, and green onions. It’s tossed onto a grill of heated oil and served with a side of onion soy sauce. You’ll soon start to reason that every single pancake should include ground up beans in its batter.Price: ₩1,500Directions: Subway to Jongno 5-ga (Line 1) Exit 5. Take the first right out of the station and walk through the Gwangjang Market. Once you get to the main 5-way intersection within the market, the bindaetteok stall is on your right.
HoddeokDessert is the favourite meal of most vegetarians because it is usually served without meat. And there is little competi-tion against the hoddeok. A doughy batter filled with cin-namon, sugar, and ground peanuts, this dollop of sweet is then feverishly flattened on an oiled hot griddle and served to patrons in a white paper cup. It’s the perfect example of “not enough of a good thing.”Cost: ₩1,000 Directions: Hoehyeon Station (Line 4) Exit 5 will bring you to Nam-daemun Market, one of the best places in Seoul to sample traditional Ko-rean street food. Look for the restaurant street, just past the accessory stalls. This is also where you will find the best hoddeok in the city.
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an interview with Tomislav Perkoby Sarah Kloke
eternalsummerof thespotlessmind
A sun-bleached patio. A round of drinks covered with heat-induced condensation. The impending possibility of heat-stroke. What’s not to love about summer? For most, those three months of long days and even longer nights tends to makes the remaining three seasons seem almost bearable. But for Tomislav Perko, it’s not just a flirtation with this brief season. Instead, it’s the deciding factor for the next three years of his life.
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Editor-in-ChiefBrendan van Son
Brendan van Son is the creator and editor-in-chief of Vaga-bundo Magazine. From Alberta, Canada Brendan is also a freelance travel writer and photographer. He is a digital nomad and has been on the road for over three years straight now. You can check out Brendan more personally on his blog Brendan’s Adventures, or check out his tweets @brendanvanson and his Facebookpage.
Head of DesignLuis Alvarez
Luis hails from Central Mexico and dreams of becoming a digital nomad designer. We think he has all the makings of becoming a really great one. We would be lost without Luis, and his skills are greatly appreciated. You can get to know Luis by reading through his blog Mexican Curious. You can also follow him on Twitter@MXurious andFacebook.
Editing InternSarah Kloke
A native Canadian, Sarah has been making parts of Asia her home for the past couple years. She is certainly not short of any stories and is one of the best story tellers in the business. You can read about her personal adventures on her website Where’s my Toothbrush? She is also on Twitter@wheresmytbrush
AssociateEditorWill Peach
Will Peach takes the role of the class clown at the magazine. He might have a classy look, but don’t let that fool you, he is all quirk. Will is a native Brit currently living in Spain where he spends his time learning the language, visiting the sites and working as an editor and writer. You can check out his blog WillPeach.com or you can also check him out on Twitter@WillPeachor Facebook.
Editing InternJackie DesForges
Jackie is a writer from Los Angeles, California although she now lives in Chicago. She has travelled extensively, and is cur-rently locked down a bit working as a travel consultant and blogging to the world through her website JackieTravels. You can also follow her on Twitter @jackie_travelsand Facebook.
CHARITYKNIGHT
DuaneBASSOO
GEORGINA YOUNG
LAUREN ALOISE
SEBASTIAN LENNOX
freelance contributors
Charity Knight developed her passion for travel af-ter hearing the stories of her world travelling grandparents. Over the years, Charity has travelled to Thailand, worked on a farm in Argentina, road tripped South Africa, and drove from England to Mongolia. Check out her blog The Honeybridge Press or visit her on Twitter @chattyknight
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Brit Duane Bassoo is a professional photographer who for over 15 years has combined a love of travel with his passion for photography. He is currently working in South-east Asia and soon to be following his recent debut exhibi-tion on Indian children living with HIV, which featured in London’s Photo month festival. For more of his work visit: www.touch-images.com
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George is a 20-something traveller, blogger, and hitchhiker from Cardiff, Wales. After spending a year living in Germany and Australia she fell in love with travel, and now rarely stays in one place for too long. She teaches Eng-lish and writes to fund her adventures. You can find more from George on her website George on the Go or follow her on Twitter @georgieonthego.
GEORGINA YOUNG
Lauren is an American freelance writer currently liv-ing in Spain, while travelling as often as she can. Lauren special-izes in food travel, which is why we called on her to hook us up with the scoop on the best street food from Madrid. You can see more of her work on her blog Spanish Sabores or you can check her out on Twitter @spanishsabores.
LAUREN ALOISE
Facing the abyss of post-university life, Sebastian panicked and fled to the Middle East to gorge himself on fala-fal and try to learn Arabic. When not meandering hahazard-ly through distant countries, he spends his days poring over tea-stained maps in bookshop-cafes, playing about with his film camera and tapping away on an underwood typewriter. Despite clearly having landed in the wrong century, he has managed to find a space on the interweb to showcase his musings at sebastianlennox.wordpress.com and has even begun to tweet at @sebastianlennox.
SEBASTIAN LENNOX
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