Kayaking in Brunei

Photo by Justin Jeffrey

Taken in Brunei Darussalam

Freya Stark, famous for her travels in the deserts of Arabia, observed that 'the true call of the desert, of the mountains, or the sea, is their silence - free of the network of dead speech'. Progress and originality grows from the thinking space this affords. It is one reason why visiting wild and remote places should be a part of every child's education, and why we should preserve our wilderness with all our might.