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Wed, 27 Feb 2013 | By jamesshanks | Views [5187] | Video

This time of the year is very significant to me. Not only does it mark one year since I traded the beautiful beaches of Sydney for the the unknown, but it's also time to renew my travel insurance.
Last year my primary influence was my mother.... Read more >
Tags: camp, travel insurance
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 | By nomads-survival-kit | Views [4271]

It started out as an idea, and grew to obsession. Early last year, a friend and I were trying to figure out a way to make it to TBEX 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Flying across the country is hardly an option at times, with flights costing ... Read more >
Tags: canada, train, travel
Fri, 2 Aug 2013 | By crowingcronejoss | Views [1142] | Comments [5]

The lilies are blooming here at the homestead. I planted them, each one with love and hope, when we first arrived here six years ago. Next year someone elese will be admiring their beauty and perhaps wondering, as would I, about the ... Read more >
Tags: grace, leaving, memories, walk in beauty
Mon, 7 May 2007 | By jeremy_watso | Views [835] | Comments [4]
Voici enfin venu le 6 mai, jour attendu depuis déja novembre. Je pars ce soir vers 8h40, et je ne m'en rends pas encore compte de l'envergure du voyage que je m'aprête à entâmer. Je sais par contre que nous sommes quand même très bien organisés et que ... Read more >
Tags: Airports
Sun, 11 Sep 2011 | By sami33 | Views [667]
Sometimes the journey you undertake isn't on any road or river. My travels have been internal. A new way of seeing. A new way of understanding. An appreciation of simplicity. I am a first nations woman who feels deeply rooted and connected to the ... Read more >
Tags: beauty, grace, loneliness, natural, pure, simple, solitude
Thu, 14 Apr 2011 | By cheken | Views [475]
“Live for the weekend”-
the motto of an exchange teacher.
Once again another
action packed weekend has flown by. For the kids, it was a three day weekend,
as Friday was a pupil free day at Sacred Heart. So once again, we dropped Mummy
off ... Read more >
Thu, 3 Sep 2015 | By in-no-v8 | Views [393] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I am your (perhaps not-so) typical struglling artist, with big hopes and dreams. Born in the UK, currently living in Canada, I have had a fair experience with travelling. Having lived in China, Japan, and the US, amongst other places, I have a desire ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
Mon, 17 Oct 2011 | By mdcamps | Views [368]
There are many reasons why I wish I was born in Canada. First, they celebrate Thanksgiving on the second weekend in October. Not sure why that is cool, but I like it. Second, HOCKEY! I have not been to a town in Canada without a skating rink, a local ... Read more >
Sun, 14 Dec 2008 | By amylou_lafontaine | Views [363]
<font face="verdana">So after a brutal flight, we have finally arrived in Sao Paulo. </font>
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 | By compassrose | Views [343]

The wail of an Algonquin chief undulates on the October wind. He launches sorrowful prayer towards a darkening sky. Foam whipped up by waterfall crashes down, battling with the din made by beaver-skin drums. White gulls shriek in reply, as though birds ... Read more >
Tags: canada, ceremony, first nations, indigenous people, industrialisation, waterfall
Wed, 7 May 2014 | By | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry
Trapped: This is the state of being I was in for twenty years- living in a tiny, lonely snow globe. I could see everything through the glass of the snow globe. I could see the beautiful colors of the world which surrounded me, I could see the possibility ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 24 Apr 2014 | By | Views [171] | Scholarship Entry
I'll never forget the day that I traveled to Bad Tölz,Germany. A few hours away from Munich by train. Bad Tölz is such a beautiful city that I ever been to and visited. I spent most of my time in the Marktstraße, exploring each unique little store. While ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [140] | Scholarship Entry
"Where's your sense of adventure?" I asked, trying to persuade my husband and son to visit Grouse Mountain. Earlier a bus driver had suggested we climb it, rather than ride both ways like tourists. "How hard can it be?" Perhaps the name 'The Grouse Grind ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Fri, 14 Mar 2014 | By haleypolinsky | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients Camille the Galette Drunkenly Braised Pearl Onions with a Thyme Caramelized Onion Bacon Cream Cheese Galette Galette dough: 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour ½ cup unsalted butter, cut into small cubes ½ tsp salt ¼ cup buttermilk ¼ cup cold ...
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Tags: Passport & Plate: ITALY 2014