Deep down below sea level in Jordan, Bernard O’Shea lets his torso be pounded by nature’s hot and cold springs and finds the effect oddly…
Bernard O'Shea
Bernard O'Shea
Bernard O'Shea is a Sydney-based journalist whose mind is always wandering to faraway places. He has big ears and a cheerful self-deprecating humour stemming from a lifetime of being bombarded with Irish jokes, even while growing up in Africa. He says hello and thanks for reading.
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He was a one-man rock and roll concert on one of the more elegant roads of Warsaw. Everyone gave him…
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The gardens and lookouts on Cerro Santa Lucía make a great introduction to the Chilean capital. Bernard O’Shea gets acquainted. …
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The brilliant white-sand beaches of Jervis Bay, many of which are in national parks, are a prime drawcard for those…
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It was Australia’s first inland city and it exudes some Victorian grandeur. Bernard O’Shea pulls off the highway into Goulburn, feeling peckish…
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A long-dismissed culture offers timely, enduring lessons in the US capital. If aliens were to land on the National…
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Romanians say when you enter their country, you have to put your watch back 50 years*. Sometimes it can be…
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The Mekong River delta is the second largest in the world, and it’s easily explored from the Vietnamese capital Ho…
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Heroes’ Square in Budapest pays tribute to the legendary leaders and warriors of the past, but it’s a more humble…
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The Slovakian capital may not be one of Europe’s most obvious drawcards but Bernard O’Shea finds it well worth a visit or…
