The Odyssey on the rails
by Michelle Hettiarachchi PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 “I won’t give up” was my ultimate phrase of morals when I got selected as an Outgoing Global Teacher from AIESEC Sri Lanka. India was…
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At the feet of a goddess
by Claudia Viveiros PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 She bled and the goddess abandoned her. Another body was taken away keeping the tradition unchangeable. In the Himalayan region, in a country…
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Hiking Through a Landslide
by Deeksha Sharma PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 “A huge landslide has blocked the road towards Shimla and Delhi at Nigul Sari. If the machines clear it up tonight, the roads…
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Cost of Freedom
by Shivani Trivedi PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 “C’mon mumma, walk faster.” I said as my mom took her sweet time to walk towards the first tourist spot of Andaman and…
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The Italian Job
by Glyn Matthews Longlisted: PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 Sometimes it’s the journey rather than the destination that lingers in your mind long after other memories have faded. And so it…
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No Kif in the Rif
by Virginia Matthews Longlisted: PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 We nicknamed him Belt because that’s what, on the face of it, he sold from his unofficial pitch round the back of…
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The Open Road
by Elvis Ebinyi Owoche PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 The open road ah, what a seduction it holds! A vast expanse stretching into the unknown, where each mile offers a tantalizing…
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Applecross Inn
by Marjory Woodfield Longlisted in the PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 The sanctuary of Applecross has never been without its saint… there has passed one who was a moving spirit in…
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On the Brink of Death
by Abderrezak Merebbah PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 On that evening, the sky was overcast with dark clouds, aligned like rows in a funeral procession, gradually swallowing that glowing yellow disc.…
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A Cowboy in Namibia
by Suzanne Lantos Longlisted – PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 I looked one last time at the calm, glinting seascape and the pastel blue house at the edge of Lüderitz that…
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