All Alone with Sand
by Rumaisa Reza PureTravel Writing Competition 2025 It was around summer. I was six years old then. It was July, and my family had decided to take a trip to…
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Beneath the Surface
by Amelia Perkins Longlisted: PureTravel Writing Competition 2025 Was it a turning point or was it always there? I think it’s fair to say growing up on countless Attenborough documentaries…
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The Kakapo’s Child
by Prosper Mwanza Longlisted in the PureTravel Writing Competition 2025 The story of Alicia Perry, a young girl whose life is marked by the tragic separation of her parents from…
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Serenity Beckons at the End of the Street
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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The Desert’s Gift: How Silence Taught Me to Value Simplicity
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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The Day the River Called My Name
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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The Mountains’ Choice
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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The Fear and the Beauty
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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The Secret Language of Kyoto
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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My Father’s Forest
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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