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Travel Writing Competition 2014 Entries Page1

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The Swim

  • September 22, 2020
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It’s surprising how much colder the Arctic air feels when you’re completely naked. Although of course it could be argued that doing pretty much anything in the Arctic is likely to be colder than doing it anywhere else.
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A Swallow in Vienna

  • September 22, 2020
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My story starts in Tehran 1997.I and my family decided to move to the America forever. It took us many years of waiting to get our petition to immigrate and to enter United States legally. Finally the time came in July of 1997 but there were still a little complications.
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Around the World

  • September 22, 2020
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Dictionaries define experience as “direct observation of or participation in events as a basis of knowledge”. Yet the cold dictionary definition leaves out the most important part of “experience” - the lasting impact on ones’ life.
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Any Dangerous Freedom Tallied in Youth Unscathed

  • September 22, 2020
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Because of some ultra-mindfucky, nefarious human schemes and some unintentional collateral damage too, so much of the man-made world has become a devastating force to my freedom.
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The Queen of Haiti

  • September 22, 2020
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I sat on the window ledge listening to the rain as it hit the white tents outside of our hostile. Just minutes before, when it had only been drizzling, the brash music of a marching band had poured through our open windows.
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My first and important lesson in Africa

  • September 22, 2020
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Looking out at the spectacular African sunset, I saw that twilight had chosen to wash the sky with deep hues of orange, as it kissed the day goodbye. I watched the faint outline of the setting sun melting into the horizon.
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My trip through West Africa – Five airports, five countries in 1 day

  • September 22, 2020
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When I sent my friends my itinerary they scrutinized it and pointed out that I only had an hour to connect in Benin. Then came rhetorical questions about my sanity, what if I missed one of the connection flights?
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Alcala de Henares

  • September 22, 2020
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As soon as I arrived in the centre of the old university town of Alcalá de Henares, my heart skipped a beat, my knees went wobbly and I felt like fainting (with desire). I was surrounded by policemen. Spanish policemen.
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13,000ft Above

  • September 22, 2020
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Climbing out of the door, I dangled my body out over the edge and embraced the chilling air on my skin as my heart raced. I looked straight ahead at the top of the Alps that seemed to cover as far into the distance as I could see, each all lightly covered in snow.
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Time-tripping through the Yucatan

  • September 22, 2020
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From the modern resorts of Cancún and Playa del Carmen, the mysteries of the Maya, the entrance to the underworld and the city that sparked the Mexican Revolution are in close proximity, yet centuries apart
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