The International Travel edition

I love a road trip as much as anyone (and will be at the tail-end of one by the time you read this) but there’s nothing quite like getting on a plane and flying off this continent for psychically breaking with your regular thoughts, feelings and routine.
What going overseas does in spades, I think, is make us feel truly alive – whether greeting elephants in India or listening to music in Ireland, living la dolce vita in Rome or meeting penguins in Antarctica, the thrill and intoxication are strong.
For today’s international travel issue, I asked some of our top writers to pen a piece about a place that does exactly that: makes them feel. In many cases, they chose somewhere they’ve been numerous times before, underlining again that emotional dimension of travel. We return to places that make our souls sing.
In the case of Craig Tansley, it was the Cook Islands, where he grew up; for British expat Nick Bryant, it was London in summer; for Brook Turner, it was India, which he’s been revisiting for 40 years. For Jennifer Byrne, it was Antarctica, a continent to which she’s voyaged a remarkable seven times. She was sure this would be her last trip. Then she got there, and reconsidered.
As you do. – Editor, Katrina Strickland