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Grants for Travel Writers

... for the awards. Our first winner, David Atkinson, wrote about following the trail of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid in Bolivia. ... Westhoff, our 2nd winner, won with her proposal to write about a lonely seaside town in Uruguay. "Every time we run this contest, I'm ...

Blog entry - virtualDavis

Welcome to Malaysia

... and dogs running loose, trash heaps and garbage strewn about. Suddenly you're surrounded by skyscrapers, wondering what happened, ... I wonder how the owner of a competing café feels about it; maybe he isn’t wealthy enough for his own Tourist Police sign. ...

Features - SegalArt

Mexican Eco-Resorts

... amazing feature presentation of the cycle of life. About EcoTulum Resorts: Zahra offers 22 remodeled rooms and cabañas ...

Blog entry - Margaux

Amsterdam ...

... piece of highway and a road lacking signage. We travelled about 60km without any kind of reassuring 'Amsterdam' indicators ... ... had 3 kiwis from Auckland sitting behind us and we chatted about 'home' between views from the boat.   We made a few ...

Blog entry - Diane Mackey

Cyprus:

... and gives me yet another piece of mind-numbing information about all the people who have conquered her tiny island—Greeks, Romans, ... plays are often held. The Sanctuary of Apollon Ylatis, about a mile west of Kourion, heightened my sense of Cyprus’ history even ...

Features - MpingaDenise

Amsterdam: Like Night and Day

... and curious tourists hang out, engaging in lively debates about world politics and smoke. The drug is semi-legal here. A word about marijuana: smoking it is technically illegal here in most situations. ...

Features - PocelujkoMonica

Wandering Rose

... Furtively... I read post after post on Rose's blog about building and living in a miniature portable house named Gypsy Rose. My ...

Blog entry - virtualDavis

Zimbabwe: Falling Over Victoria

... did we know that the scene of our light-hearted banter was about to change dramatically. The pilot had just merrily accepted my decision ... no trial run. It very gradually dawned on me that I was about to die in the African bush, or at the very least be confined to a ...

Features - KellyMichael

What is immersion travel?

... online travel communities, you hear more and more talk about real people sharing real experiences . This yearning for authenticity ... Into vivid, stimulating, essential living. It's about breaking away from the pack, wandering beyond the margins imposed by ...

Book page - admin

The Magic of Malawi, Africa

... women adored my young son, Ashley, touching and clucking about his blonde hair. I came across a village school with its classroom ... translated all I said. They were all enthusiastic about what they did, what they grew, and were very positive about their future ...

Features - DaleCindy-Lou