Travel Writing Competition 2012 Entries
156 posts
Waiting and waiting and waiting in Paris
My lasting memories of Paris will not be of visits to iconic museums and landmarks, but of the queues to visit said museums and landmarks.
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All is not well at Tiger Hill
As the sun rises over Tiger Hill in Darjeeling, India, the pushing and jostling for position stops as we all stare in wonder at the magnificent picture unfolding in front of us.
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A Summers Day Outing in Kenya
Mt. Kenya. The highest peak in Kenya and the second highest in Africa. At 17,057 feet, it is one of the few features in Africa with snow.
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Island of the Damned
I should have known better than to come to the island of the damned on a full moon. The Greek island of Leros was home to a notorious psychiatric hospital where 4000 ‘untreatable and unmanageable’ patients were...
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The Bus Trip from Hell
I don’t remember much about Germany. What I do remember is the bus ride. Endless hours sitting on the bus driving from one place to the next for another ten minute stop. And I remember being sick, very, very sick.
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Across the Mona Passage
The foreboding darkness of night enveloped us as we left Puerto Rico, sailing across the Mona Passage to the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Horizontal lightening burst across the heavens, fusing each cloud with...
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Travels with my Toilet Roll
Before my first visit to Africa, a ruddy-faced ex-colonial moustache offered me two pieces of advice: shake your boots before putting them on, and don't look in holes in the ground.
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Non-Climbers Guide to Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro isn’t really up there in terms of a romantic getaway. But this is exactly what my significant half Stuart and I decided to do for our honeymoon.
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From Cruising to Dozing Off
It was our last day at our island destination. We were so thrilled to tour around the island and despite the fact that it was just two days and one night getaway, I still enjoyed it or so I thought.
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