The Compass - Issue 19

Japan - An Okinawan Bullfight
By Michael Lynch
“Usually the bulls decide who will win. Whichever bull runs away from the fight is the looser.”

Carcassonne - France’s Best Preserved Medieval City
By James Ullrich
“There’s a place that the relentless march of time and progress has not destroyed, gentrified or modified. Visiting Carcassonne is like stepping into the storybook medieval city you dreamt about, but never knew existed.”

Quebec’s spectacular display of whales
By Habeeb Salloum
“A huge blue whale, the world’s largest mammal, leapt out of the water a few feet us. Its huge head seemed to dwarf our boat.”

Through my lens:
Guatemala – Stranded in the past of Tikal
By Lusine Stepanian
“As you wonder through the past of this luscious jungle, you feel a certain sort of magic, as if the walls could sing…"