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Gary Nunn

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The granite peaks of Mount Fitz Roy on the Laguna de los Tres trek.

This world-famous hike has a curveball that no one talks about

A man dripping in sweat notices me nod with polite alarm in his direction. “Won’t tell you what it’s like,” he says, wheezing. “You’ll turn back.”

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From a distance, Rio’s colourful favelas look appealing.

Authentic insight or voyeurism? My struggle with slum tourism

I saw a colourful, poor neighbourhood from a distance and wanted to visit it. But I learnt just how thorny, divisive and nuanced the issue is.

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One Buenos Aires bookstore – El Ateneo Grand Splendid – is in a huge grandiose former theatre.

NIMBY-free: What our cities can learn from this South American capital

It’s 2am on a balmy Wednesday and I’m sitting sipping a cocktail in a bookstore. Yes, a bookstore.

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It’s one of the world’s seven wonders, but a lot can go wrong when trekking Machu Picchu.

Fifteen of us set off on this famed trek. Only 10 made it to the end

It’s one of the world’s seven wonders, but there’s a heap of things that can go wrong when trekking Machu Picchu – and I should know.

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