Travel Writing Library
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The Bus from Hell
“I’m not getting back on that bus ever. I’ll live here” I said as we got to Flores to see the Komodo Dragons.
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The biggest cemetery in the world
Imagine, please, the idyllic natural landscape of Central Europe – old forests, wide blue rivers, green fields, and hills of Southern Poland. What fantastic natural beauty. I promise, you will fall in love with this in a few minutes...
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Tanzanians, Tyres and the Passport Thief
It was late February 1998 and we were considering our options. We needed to get from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to Blantyre, Malawi, by early March. We could wait five days for the TAZARA train or we could leave...
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Stuck Between The Mud
Fourteen hours -- that's how long I've been stuck on this twisted, infuriating road. Trapped in pea soup humidity, scratching the sweat-coated, raw bedbug bites all over my body, trying to ignore my growling stomach...
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An Arduous 2-Day Train Journey In India
There is a sea of pilgrims at Jammu’s small railway station. I am travelling with my aunt and grandparents and the only way to travel is the 32-hours train ride to Calcutta. We wait among the Victorian wooden pillars...
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Trek to Heaven (and Hell)
Day 5: Tilcara Trek, Argentina
Morning: We wake up and make oatmeal. (water) We unfortunately get off track of the GPS and have to backtrack about 60 minutes up a mountain through wild brush.
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Our Bovine Nemesis
We were high up and the air seemed more see-through than usual. The only people around for miles, we felt good and ready for our New Year’s Eve in the Peruvian Andes. We spent the day exploring Huascarán National Park...
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Oat Porridge and Tibetan Bread
In my grogginess, I rolled over in my sleeping bag to check on my girlfriend.
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