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Sailing Scandinavia

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 | By katiekimberling | Views [2182] | Comments [2]

After leaving the plush comfort of Kent and Leslie's apartment in Amsterdam, Devin and I boarded a night train headed for Copenhagen, Denmark. School just let out for the summer in Europe, so all the trains were pretty much booked solid. We ended up ... Read more >

Tags: denmark, norway, sweden

Night Sailing in the Norwegian Sea

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [1393] | Scholarship Entry

The cold, damp concrete floor in Fedje's derelict whaling station is solid under my back. Thin, grey clouds scud across the whitewashed sky, and a weak, watery sun swims overhead. If there is a more perfect place than right here and now, I don't want ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Khao Yai

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 | By jornsalve | Views [950] | Comments [8]

Etter å ha pådratt oss tempelburnout i Ayuthaya, tok vi buss til neste stopp på lista: Thailands eldste nasjonalpark Khao Yai. Garantert tempelfri.. Jeg hadde aldri vært i en nasjonalpark før og visste ikke helt hva jeg skulle forvente, bortsett ... Read more >

Laos

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 | By jornsalve | Views [898] | Comments [7]

Etter en del hektisk reising, med bare et par dagers stopp paa hvert sted, ville jeg roe ned i Luang Prabang. Den kulturelle hovedstaden i Laos, med ca 300.000 mennesker i provinsen. Luang Prabang er full av museum og templer og omgitt av naturperler, saa ... Read more >

Intet tema - ingen tur

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 | By bota | Views [789]

Atter en gang skal meter og mark tilbakelegges, med alle underlige og sjarmerende karakterer man møter på sin vei - denne gang på Filippinene. Noen uker skal tilbakelegges, hey, jeg vet - det er ikke mye. Men fast jobb eller ei: reising er en livsstil, ... Read more >

Tags: the planning phase

Norway Noway!

Thu, 7 Jun 2007 | By incarna | Views [709] | Comments [3]

Hi Gav, mum everyone that can see this. The trip to Frankfurt was uneventful aside from the fact that Lufthansa Airlines suck dogs balls and i am never going to fly with them again if i have a choice (no TV on a 12hr flight, thats insane). Anyway Frankfurt ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Oslo

Tue, 8 May 2012 | By peterlee54 | Views [659]

I arrived in Oslo to find it shut or rather the camp sites do not open till 1 st June so I had to go about 8 miles out to find somewhere decent to stay. Bogstad Camping turns out to be one of the largest campsites in Norway and is situated just below ... Read more >

Trondheim

Sat, 12 Sep 2015 | By brandonborn | Views [588]

September 11th, Trondheim Currently I am sitting in the old Vikhammer Hotel, just up the hill from where I pitched my tent for the two nights I'm here. First impressions of Norway are great, the landscapes are incredible ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, city, explore, norway, travel

Karlsøy Festivalen

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 | By utegute | Views [456]

The Karlsøy festival is a special occasion where we gather together to resist and oppose a society with values based on profit, competition and greed. The festival is a protest against razing of the rural communities, environmental destruction and ... Read more >

Catching a Moment - An unexpected meeting

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 | By | Views [333] | Scholarship Entry

The clouds are getting thicker, the day slightly more depressing. A crowd of 10 persons and an expedition leader are cramped in a rubber boat, surrounded by a blue grayish sea with chunks of ice in it. The day is coming to an end, a day filled with excitement, ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

All you need is courage and creativity

Sun, 20 Apr 2014 | By | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry

It was a rainy day in the fall of 2011. It was that time between summer and christmas, that time when your days becomes a loop of the day before. Nothing new, school, work, sleep and repeat. We used to go out in the weekends but that too seemed like a ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip