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Serenity Beckons at the End of the Street

  • March 9, 2026
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by Anne Meale PureTravel Writing Competition 2025  It could scarcely be described as an intrepid expedition. A plethora of road signs, multiple advertisements and entries in guide books, hotel leaflets…
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Oman desert visit
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The Desert’s Gift: How Silence Taught Me to Value Simplicity

  • March 7, 2026
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by Alex Kimmel PureTravel Writing Competition 2025 The first handful of sand between my fingers felt like a whisper. Standing at the edge of the seemingly endless dunes of Bidiyya in Oman, the afternoon sun transformed the…
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river view
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The Day the River Called My Name

  • March 4, 2026
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by Rishu Priya PureTravel Writing Competition 2025 The river didn’t roar. It whispered and, for the first time, I listened. I first noticed it on a school trip to a…
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Road in Sikkim
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The Mountains’ Choice

  • March 1, 2026
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by Sraddha Srikanth Pai PureTravel Writing Competition 2025 With no pending drafts, I wanted to start something fresh, inspired by one of my recent trips. As I waited for my…
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Zambezi River
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The Fear and the Beauty

  • February 26, 2026
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by Barry Saich Shortlisted: PureTravel Writing Competition 2025 The Fear and the Beauty (A Surveyor in Africa) The flood waters of the Zambezi River rose, slowly cutting off valleys and…
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Kyoto bridge
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The Secret Language of Kyoto

  • February 23, 2026
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by Saroj Kumar Senapati Shortlisted: PureTravel Writing Competition 2025 The moment I stepped onto the winding alleyway of Pontocho, Kyoto whispered to me. Not in words, but in the hushed…
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Kenya forest
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My Father’s Forest

  • February 19, 2026
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by Xavier Clot Shortlisted: PureTravel Writing Competition 2025 I never truly knew my father. He left Kenya before I was born, settling in England with my mother and never looking…
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Hindu Cremations
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Afterlife Whispers

  • February 15, 2026
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by Bhavana Kulkarni Shortlisted: PureTravel Writing Competition 2025 Stories For Survival The Day I Didn’t Wake Up I died on a Tuesday. It wasn’t glamorous. I didn’t save anyone. There…
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Bucharest Palace
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A Postcard from the Past

  • February 11, 2026
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by Jules Green Shortlisted for the PureTravel Writing Competition 2025 Stories For Survival Imagine experiencing a moment so powerful that it shapes your life, and yet you do not know…
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One Wild Impulse

  • February 7, 2026
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by Nicola Shearer Shortlisted for the 2025 PureTravel Writing Competition Stories For Survival The dank morning air prickled my skin as I left my house, weighed down under an oversized…
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