Vagabond Choice Award: Travel Writing Contest

Vagabond Choice Award: Travel Writing Contest

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! YOU can decide the winner of our Vagabond Choice Award for our Travel Writing Contest! Just LIKE your favorite article in the Facebook  gallery (links to each article when you click a photo). The photo with the most likes on Wednesday, April 24, at 11:59 PM EST will be the WINNER!  Share … Continued

Roma Top 5

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Dana Gaworski from America. Thanks for your entry Dana! It doesn’t matter in what order you tackle this list, or how long you linger at each spot. But whatever you do, start your day with a hot Italian espresso. You’re going … Continued

City of my Dreams

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Caleb Adebayo from Nigeria. Thanks for your entry Caleb! It was the first time I was going to see the city of Ile-Ife. For me, this city was something to anticipate, something quite different from the industrialised urban settlement in Port … Continued

The Silence Room

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Nakisa Nooraee from Iran. Thanks for your entry Nakisa!  I am not going to write about the beautiful Brandenburg gate, the greenish statue in the Quadriga, the berlin wall and … I want to write about what I believe it is one … Continued

Fatehpur Sikri, India: Akbar’s City of Hope

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Anjali Amit from the USA. Thanks for your entry Anjali!   The twittering birds announce the sun’s arrival. Slowly, the night-black sky changes to dark blue, and then lightens as the fiery orb ascends the heavens. The red sandstone walls of … Continued

Exploring #Kerala, India: God’s Own Country

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Zamira Rahim from America. Thanks for your entry Zamira! Come July, it is worth visiting Kerala for the rain alone. The monsoon is a spectacle; humid, dramatic and drawing the human eye.  Small wonder then that Indian rain features so prominently in the backdrop of … Continued

Pura Vida in Punta Uva

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Shannon Guerreso from America. Thanks for your entry Shannon! When the paved roads give way to dusty unmarked trails, when landmarks assume responsibility for guiding your way, you will know you’re close. However you get there, whether by bus, open-air jeep or … Continued

Bali and Me

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Rona Amichai from America. Thanks for your entry Rona! Our Balinese taxi driver was very agreeable, with a big smile on his face. He was driving us to the Hotel Alila, our meeting point with the staff of the house we were … Continued

South Africa at a Glance

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Silvia Martin from Belgium. Thanks for your entry Silvia! I was told to be a canvas before I left for South Africa, so that I can gracefully receive the colours of the Rainbow Nation. I knew the history, I read about … Continued

Hong Kong: A Place I Love

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Nicholas Yong from Singapore. Thanks for your entry Nicholas! Hong Kong: former British colony, Special Administrative Region, and one of the most densely populated cities in the world, is not a place for the faint-hearted. But it is one of the … Continued

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