This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Max Philipson from Australia. Thanks for your entry Max! It’s so super easy to meet people when you’re traveling. Except that sometimes it’s not. It feels like it should be, but it’s just not. Sometimes you need to change the … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Jane Stanfield from America. Thanks for your entry Jane! I hadn’t planned to fall in love. I was looking for a place to travel internationally by myself when my friend Bette suggested New Zealand. She said it was small, safe, fun, … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by David Temianka from the USA. Thanks for your entry David! As the jet engines roared 30,000 feet above the small island nation of New Zealand, my heart throbbed with anticipation and excitement. I was traveling with my father and his orchestra, … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Victoria Milner from Australia. Thanks for your entry Victoria! Love is such a strong word, and one that is used way too indiscriminately these days. There are however some places you visit that inspire love from the get go. Burma is such … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Sara Hardman from England. Thanks for your entry Sara! Is it possible for a city to break your heart? If it is, it’s Sydney and it took mine in July. I moved to Australia on the Working Holiday visa at the … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by MaiLynn Stormon-Trinh from Nevada now living in New Zealand. Thanks for your entry MaiLynn! Hanoiis a city to be felt, not explained. It is a city of paradoxes. It is visceral, it is complex, it is elegant, it is ugly. Modern. … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Martina Mcauley from Ireland. Thanks for your entry Martina! As I sat there and watched three Dutch rowers named Patrick, Anne-Wiebe and Jacob perform a powerful haka (ancestral Māori war dance), I thought of how privileged I was to be a … Continued
From barbies and billabongs, to kangaroos and koalas (hey, I know it should be A to Z, but B to K seemed easier) Australia ticks a lot of boxes when it comes to travelling. The famous carefree Aussie spirit is somehow in keeping with just buying a plane ticket, slinging a backpack on and taking … Continued
Thank you to Nora, The Professional Hobo, for sharing A WEEK IN THE LIFE: Having created the popular week-in-the-life series last year, I’ve not yet written about a week in my own full-time traveling life. The week profiled here is far from my average week, but was enough of a full-on adventure that I thought … Continued
From Iguaçu I travel west over the Andes and beyond, over one of the emptiest stretches of water on the planet, en route to Easter Island, a fine dot on the map of the Pacific. If Iguaçu is full presence, Eastern Island is absence. Fretted by incessant winds, it is surrounded by a million square … Continued