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Travel Writing Scholarship 2014 - Euro Road Trip Winners Announced!

Fri, 6 Jun 2014 | By scholarships | Views [30130] | Comments [29]

We realize that the travel writing realm is a very difficult one to break into, which is why we decided to shake things up a bit this year and send three writers on assignment, instead of just one. This opportunity captured the imaginations of wordsmiths ... Read more >

Photos: Cupcake mix

Fri, 16 May 2014 | By bohemienne | Photo Gallery

50 things I've learnt as a solo backpacker in Asia (in no particular order)

Fri, 16 May 2014 | By goingsolo | Views [713]

1. All Asian countries have their "own time" when doing things. A bus meant to leave at  8am  will most probably not leave at  8am . It might leave at  8.30am . It might leave at  9am . Accept that lateness is ... Read more >

Tags: airports, asia, backpacking, bartering, dorms, drinking, lessons, sleeper buses, tips, toasties

Nomad Living

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By fernwehquintrelle | Views [296] | Scholarship Entry

A month ago I was living in the countryside in Hungary and now I am back in Toronto. I feel as I'll be leaving any minute though. I have embraced a new lifestyle – a nomadic lifestyle. How did I end up here? Even having come back to Canada I find myself ... Read more >

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back on track

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By fernweh- | Views [263] | Scholarship Entry

It was one of these days. One of the utterly standard days in the office, when I realized I was getting old. The reason was not that I discovered my first grey hair. It was not that people around me started to get married and became parents. The reason ... Read more >

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Photos: Europe 2013

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By anexpertnovice | Flickr Photo Gallery

From Prada to Nada

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By cassandrathesaffa | Views [341] | Scholarship Entry

Three years ago I was in a 7-year relationship, working in engineering, with a lavish home, foxy car and Prada heels, along with the bills and stress that come with the territory. Today I sit in a hostel in Rio, jobless, carless, sleeping in a dorm, wearing ... Read more >

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Photos: Let us go down to the sea in ships...

Fri, 9 May 2014 | By amythedancingsailor | Photo Gallery

Planning for my big summer of sailing

Thu, 8 May 2014 | By amythedancingsailor | Views [459]

So this summer will be pretty epic in terms of travel. Even more epic than last summer (which is saying something).   In mid June, I will be flying down to Recife, Brazil to board my home for the next two months, the British tall ship SV Lord ... Read more >

Tags: planning, sailing

Voyages and Words

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By dollygarland | Views [261] | Scholarship Entry

Mount Tunguraha spits lava and ash all over Banos, Ecuador. Fire in the sky, clouds that appear to bear rain but bring black dust, and explosions that make me think of bombs before I remember what the nature is capable of. An old man and his wife are ... Read more >

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And that's the beauty of it.

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By whereshouldigofromhere | Views [244] | Scholarship Entry

When I was younger I used to think about the rest of the world as something dangerous, and something that was way too big and scary. Sometimes I still do to be fair. Sometimes just getting out of bed in the morning seems like a scary thing to do. The ... Read more >

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Near Death by Irene

Tue, 29 Apr 2014 | By anastos | Views [267] | Scholarship Entry

The argument of the night: should we play "My Heart Will Go On". Three months sailing the Atlantic as a musician on the MS Maasdam and the music was monotonous. It was during Pachabel’s Canon, played for the upteenth time, that we engaged in a heated ... Read more >

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Traveling the Road Less Traveled

Sat, 26 Apr 2014 | By madisonrollstravels | Views [217] | Scholarship Entry

I suppose for most, seeing the prompt “How did I end up here?” sparked profound thinking as to how to tell a compelling story of life-changing worldly adventures. Strangely enough, I read the prompt and immediately thought about the Internet. No, I don’t ... Read more >

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Photos: hapakuna here & there

Thu, 24 Apr 2014 | By hapakuna | Flickr Photo Gallery

An End To A Trip

Wed, 23 Apr 2014 | By jackeverett | Views [268] | Scholarship Entry

An End To A Trip: Europe 2012 There we were in this little park in Richmond a tiny, quint neighborhood in London. Beautiful. Quiet. Joe and I had sometime before we had to head to the airport. This was it, the end of the trip. It was all coming to an ... Read more >

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